New Orleans Race Riot, (July 1866), after the American Civil War, incident of white violence directed against black urban dwellers in Louisiana; the event was influential in focusing public opinion in the North on the necessity of taking firmer measures to govern the South during Reconstruction.
No Gun Ri: A Military History of the Korean War Incident.
For example, Phillip Morris cigarettes may still be around, but the corporation is now called Altria, while Blackwater, the private security company linked to a 2007 Iraqi war incident that left 17 unarmed civilians dead, is now Xe.
Brian Williams faces calls for resignation after distorting his involvement in Iraq War incident.
The movie is a retelling of a Cold War incident in which the Taiwanese captured a Soviet tanker, the "Poltava".
This locomotive, best known for being at the heart of an American Civil War incident, is now on display at the Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History (the Big Shanty Museum) in Kennesaw, Georgia.
Embattled NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams has pulled out of his scheduled Thursday appearance on "Late Show With David Letterman". Brian Williams, anchor of "NBC Nightly News," won't face disciplinary action after admitting that he embellished his role in Iraq war incident, executive says.
As Marion Mack, she starred in the features "Carnival Girl" and "One of the Bravest" before landing the role of Annabelle Lee, Keaton's love interest in "The General". In the film, based loosely on a Civil War incident, Keaton played Confederate railroad engineer Johnnie Gray, who crosses enemy lines to recapture The General locomotive, which has been stolen with Annabelle Lee aboard.
These incidents that occurred during the war as well as post-war incidents that ensued, functioned as an inspiration for a whole other "sub-genre [sic] of Cold War Noir".
