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New York City requires a permit to use "amplified sound", including electric bullhorns. Since Occupy Wall Street did not have a permit, the protesters created the "human microphone" in which a speaker pauses while the nearby members of the audience repeat the phrase in unison. [73] [71] Zuccotti Park, cleared and cleaned on November 15, 2011
Resigned to become New York City Comptroller. Frank T. Fitzgerald: Democratic 6th: March 4, 1889 – November 4, 1889 Manhattan Resigned when elected register of New York County. John J. Fitzgerald: Democratic 2nd: March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1903 Brooklyn Resigned. 7th: March 4, 1903 – December 31, 1917 John Fitzgibbons: Democratic At-large
Benjamin FranklinFRS FRSA FRSE(January 17, 1706 [O.S.January 6, 1705][Note 1] – April 17, 1790) was an American polymath: a leading writer, scientist, inventor, statesman, diplomat, printer, publisherand political philosopher.[1] Among the most influential intellectuals of his time, Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers of the United ...
Alain LeRoy Locke, c.1907. He was born Arthur Leroy Locke in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on September 13, 1885, [4] to parents Pliny Ishmael Locke (1850–1892) and Mary (née Hawkins) Locke (1853–1922), both of whom were descended from prominent families of free blacks.
Congress Hall, located in Philadelphia at the intersection of Chestnut and 6th Streets, served as the seat of the United States Congress from December 6, 1790, to May 14, 1800. [2] [3] During Congress Hall's duration as the capitol of the United States, the country admitted three new states, Vermont, Kentucky, and Tennessee; ratified the Bill ...
Richard Allen (February 14, 1760 – March 26, 1831) [1] was a minister, educator, writer, and one of the United States' most active and influential black leaders. In 1794, he founded the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME), the first independent Black denomination in the United States. He opened his first AME church in 1794 in Philadelphia.
The Stamp Act Congress (October 7 – 25, 1765), also known as the Continental Congress of 1765, was a meeting held in New York City in the colonial Province of New York.It included representatives from most of the British colonies in North America, which sought a unified strategy against newly imposed taxes by the British Parliament, particularly the Stamp Act.
Gouverneur Morris ( / ɡʌvərnɪər ˈmɒrɪs / guh-vər-NEER MOR-ris; [1] January 31, 1752 – November 6, 1816) was an American statesman, a Founding Father of the United States, and a signatory to the Articles of Confederation and the United States Constitution. He wrote the Preamble to the United States Constitution and has been called the ...