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The Defiance Campaign against Unjust Laws was presented by the African National Congress (ANC) at a conference held in Bloemfontein, South Africa in December...

In chemistry, the law of definite proportions, sometimes called Proust's law or the law of constant composition, states that a given chemical compound...

hanged and the others reprieved. 1872 – Women's suffrage in the United States: In defiance of the law, suffragist Susan B. Anthony votes for the first time...

small coastal town in the then Tanjore District. By collecting salt directly from the sea the marchers broke the salt law. As a part of the march, Rajagopalachari...

travelled to the United States for an abortion. In defiance of the law, Dr. Henry Morgentaler began performing abortions at his clinic in Montreal without...

such couples, due to the high reputation of Japanese immigrant brides in the United States. This led to widespread defiance of the law by American servicemen...

Benz), in addition to an ensemble of actors portraying different characters in the growing town in the city-state of Defiance, built on the ruins of St....

Defiance are an American anarcho street punk band from Portland, Oregon, formed in 1993. Their discography includes five EPs, four albums, and one album...

an effort to conserve metals for wartime production in direct defiance of the law passed in 1938. In 19th century United States forested areas, cash was...

would recognize employees in same-sex partnerships as identical to opposite-sex marriages, in defiance of Japanese law. The company's policy has been...

in contravention of local by-laws and resulted in the arrest of nine Salvationists. Unperturbed the Army continued to parade in defiance of the law,...

weakening the law of 1793. After 1840, the Black population of Cass County, Michigan proliferated as families were attracted by White defiance of discriminatory...

attempting to do the same. J.D. Tuccille argues that increasing rates of use of psychedelics in defiance of the law are likely to result in more widespread...

stronghold in the Lauragais, for another week. In reaction to the Peace, Catholic confraternities and leagues sprang up across the country in defiance of the law...

goods were smuggled out of the nation in defiance of the law. Like Britain, a gradual liberalization of trade laws as part of the free trade movement meant...

the government's decision to send troops in 1768. Although British officials, and some historians, described Malcom as acting in defiance of the law,...

Mennonites. Movement members acted both in defiance of federal laws (civil disobedience) and as citizens upholding laws they thought their government was violating...

of their constitutional rights". The Complaint avers that Texas enacted the law "in open defiance of the Constitution". The relief requested from the...

over the following centuries in defiance of the law, the Redcoats and the priest hunters. One is located beside the holy well near the Rock of Doon near...

the behavior of James Clapper, our National Intelligence Director, with Edward Snowden. Mr. Clapper lied in Congress in defiance of the law, in the name...