... formal education. She fled the last of a series of masters in 1827, and several years later, in response to what she described as a command from God, she became an itinerant preacher and took the name Sojourner Truth. Among her most memorable appearances was at an 1851 women's rights conference in Akron, Ohio: in her famous "Ain't I a woman?" speech she forcefully attacked ... the hypocrisies of organized religion, white privilege and everything in between. 5. Nat Turner - Nat Turner, a black slave and preacher, led the most famous slave revolt in United States history. In 1831, Turner ...

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... level of visibility for the civil rights movement and contributed to the passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Born in Mt. Meigs, Alabama, Shuttlesworth was licensed and ordained as a preacher in 1948. He earned an A.B. (1951) from Selma University and a B.S. (1953) from Alabama State College. Shuttlesworth served as minister at First Baptist Church in Selma until 1952, and the following ... of the Wittenberg Church. That document contained an attack on papal abuses and the sale of indulgences by church officials. John Bunyan John Bunyan (1628-1688), was a Christian writer and preacher,...

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... Scott lost. The results of his court case led to major political upheavals in the USA and eventually, the Civil War. Truth, Sojourner Sojourner Truth (1797?-1883) was an American preacher who dedicated her life to fighting for for civil and human rights. She was born a slave in New York State, but was freed in 1827. After becoming ... a preacher, she campaigned for the abolition of slavery and for women's rights. During the US Civil War, she helped black Union soldiers obtain supplies and also worked as a counselor for the ... ...

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... send his union members off the picketing lines and across the nation, getting the attention of the general public through a boycott of stores that were selling grapes (11) . Chavez was a preacher of Hofmeister 5 nonviolence in the strikes against grape growers, and this was a key to his success (Rodriquez 105) . As quoted in the book written by Consuelo Rodriquez, "If we had ... ...

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... the end Vesey and his officials were all hanged. Nat Turner orchestrated the last of the three resistance attempts and the most successful. Nat was an African-American, literate, lay preacher. On August 20, 1831 he was able to kill his master. Nat then started moving plantation to plantation, trying to kill more white slave owners. In all, he and his ... ...

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... was indisputably out of the ordinary indeed. The coal companies not only owned the coal, but they also owned the whole community. The company owned the churches, and even the preacher was hand selected by the company. The problem was alike for the schools and the teachers. The coal companies often owned the school buildings, and the company provided the teachers ... ...

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... Nat Turner-(1831) On November 11, 1831, Nat Turner was hanged for organizing slave revolt of about 30 slaves that massacred 50 whites. Nat Turner was a literate slave and a radical preacher K. Black Hawk War-(1832) U.S. Military forces under General Henry Atkinson defeated the Sac and Fox Indians under Chief Black Hawk in Illinois and Wisconsin. L. Worcester v. Georgia-(1832) On March 3, 1832 ... ...

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