Thought Leaders
Violence for Change
Proxy Wars and Fighting for Influence
100
This Baptist minister was a key civil rights leader in the United States. He advocated for nonviolent resistance and was assassinated in 1968.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
100
This group's attack on the United States killed nearly 3000 Americans and resulted in the War on Terror.
What is Al-Qaeda?
100
This conflict saw the United States back the southern half of this country as the North invaded, then China poured troops over the border once things looked bad for the North. A stalemate was reached at the 38th parallel.
What is the Korean War?
200
This man was a key figure in the Indian National Congress and advocated for Satyagraha: nonviolent resistance to oppressors.
Who is Mohandas Gandhi?
200
This process resulted in the creation of Pakistan, India, and eventually Bangladesh. Over 1 million people may have died and 12 to 20 million were forced to migrate.
What is the Partition of India?
200
This conflict began only one year after this country obtained independence from the French. The Northern groups were Communist and were supported by the Soviet Union and the Southern Republic backed by the United States. Ultimately, the North won and united the country as a communist state.
What is the Vietnam War?
300
This African National Congress leader was imprisoned for 27 years for his anti-Apartheid activity and charged with conspiring to overthrow the state. Later he was released and became president.
Who is Nelson Mandela?
300
This period from the 1960s to 1998 in Northern Ireland saw violence between Catholics and Protestants over the rights and treatments of Catholics and whether or not Northern Ireland should remain in the UK.
What are The Troubles?
400
This man was initially an advocate for a united Hindu-Muslim India, but changed his mind after withdrawing from the Indian National Congress and joining the Muslim League. After this change, he advocated for India to be divided between Muslims and Hindus.
Who is Muhammad Ali Jinnah?
400
This movement to collectivize farms into People's Communes and to industrialize China actually resulted in the deaths of anywhere from 15 to over 55 million people due to famine and violence.
What is the Great Leap Forward?
500
This man advocated for Pan-Africanism and even advocated for a "United States of Africa" that would unite the continent and be better able to resist neocolonialism. He became the first president of Ghana after it achieved independence.
Who is Kwame Nkrumah?