American Indian Movement (AIM), Native American civil-rights activist organization, founded in 1968 to encourage self-determination among Native Americans and to establish international recognition of their treaty rights.
Hidalgo dispatched a letter to the French governor of Louisiana
The Belgian rule of the Congo was very, very brutal, perhaps one of the most brutal in the history. The indigenous population was required to provide rubber to the colonizers, but the amount of rubber was unrealistic, and the punishment for this was death. Because of this, great amount of people died or were mutilated (cut off right hand was a "proof" of killing someone, so sometimes people just cut off hands to prove they killed an indigenous person and claim the reward..).
In Medieval Europe an icon was religious paint made in Byzantine empire and later on other eastern orthodox countries and cration of icons have very special rules and canons (semi legend says that first icon was created bby Luke the Apostle that's why every icon look very similar to teh anccient middle eastern art)
A big reason for the Roman empire is collapse was the geographical extent of its military conquest. Romans constant expansion required more resources and manpower to defend its borders. Additionally conquered civilizations hated the Romans, so rebellions were a constant problem.