Can you name people who've died for peoples right to vote? What does that phrase actually mean?
2006-12-09 02:44:24 · 9 answers · asked by benjaminbrum 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Elections
Yes the military cemeteries are full of them. Too many to name.
2006-12-09 02:50:47 · answer #1 · answered by Bawney 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
In the Revolutionary War, many died so that we could establish a democracy here.
Many African-Americans died in the struggle for the right to vote. There were women also who died during the Suffrage Movement.
And there are people all over the world throughout history who have died in order to set their people free from oppression & establish self-governance and democracy. Few peoples in world history have not had to fight & die for freedom at some point.
As to what the phrase means, I'm guessig we all will take slightly different meanings from it. But basically, it means that people have sacrificed their lives so that they & future generations could enjoy rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. It's something worth fighting and dying for.
2006-12-09 14:22:15 · answer #2 · answered by Dave of the Hill People 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Martin Luther King Jr.
2006-12-09 10:47:38 · answer #3 · answered by SKYDOGSLIM 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Did you see people risking thier life to vote in the last Iraq election?
2006-12-09 19:29:29 · answer #4 · answered by Sun and Sand 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The black people during the civil rights era. Remember the lynchings racists will give to blacks if they voted or intended to vote?
2006-12-09 10:59:07 · answer #5 · answered by cynical 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
anyone american who has died in ANY war
they say that because if they wouldnt have died in order to win the war, we may have been taken over and wouldnt he able to vote
I.E. the American Revolution
2006-12-09 13:16:10 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Millions. In revolutions all over the world.
2006-12-09 14:34:57 · answer #7 · answered by yupchagee 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Fred Hampton died for freedom...
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2006-12-09 12:03:27 · answer #8 · answered by LeftyHenry 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Can you say, "Revolutionary War"?
2006-12-09 10:46:24 · answer #9 · answered by c.arsenault 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋