In addition, he states how Morgan's acquisition of Carnegie and Rockefeller's industrial empires combined would eventually set the stage for financiers to truly control the power of the industries and, along with the rise of poverty in large urban areas & the anger of the discontent rural population, would contribute to the later populist and silverist movements. Through the violent rebellions of the worker unions and the general resentment of the workers against their employers, Brand further asserts that these protests and strikes only further strengthened the power of the business...

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Maya Angelou: Still I Rise Maya Angelo was quoted in an article in Essence: African American Politicians Interviews, as saying " The power that I have first comes directly from being a descendent of people whose powerful history makes me humble. ... The power of the poem "Still I Rise" is derived from Maya Angelou's powerful sense of humility (not modesty) of who she is and glorifying in it. ... She began her career in drama and dance and in 1993 she wrote and delivered the presidential inauguration for President Bill Clinton. ... Weakend by my soulful cries", Excerpted from stanza fo...

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The Montgomery experience taught blacks the power of organization and peaceful protesting. ... King was finally released upon the actions of Democratic presidential candidate JFK. ... King was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom for his fight against prejudice in 1977. ...

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Three goals of radical republicans were they wanted to prevent the leaders of the confederacy from returning to power after the war, they wanted the republican party to become a formidable institution in the south, and they wanted the federal government to help African Americans achieve political equality by guaranteeing their rights to vote in the south. ... Unfortunately, the relatively radical program was not accompanied by anything systematic in the way of social and economic welfare; thus the Negro had the vote before he had either the education or economic power that would enable him to ...

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In December 1863 Lincoln declared a general plan for Reconstruction promising to recognize the government of any state that pledged to support the Constitution and the Union and to emancipate the slaves if it was backed by at least 10 percent of the number of voters in the 1860 presidential election (Encyclopedia Britanncia). ... Economic opportunities were fewer, and the chance of gaining power or wealth was almost nonexistent. ...

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