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Successful African American entrepreneur, landowner, and community leader Anthony P. Crawford was murdered by a lynch mob.
Themes: African American, Democracy & Citizenship, Racism & Racial Identity
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The Southern Conference on Race Relations (SCRR) was held in Durham, North Carolina.
Themes: African American, Civil Rights Movements, Democracy & Citizenship, Racism & Racial Identity
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For the first time, African Americans were elected to the House of Representatives in 1870.
Themes: African American, Democracy & Citizenship, Laws & Citizen Rights
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U.S. troops raised the U.S. flag over Puerto Rico.
Themes: Wars & Related Anti-War Movements
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The Persons Case, a legal milestone in Canada, established the right of women to sit in the Senate of Canada.
Themes: Democracy & Citizenship, Women's History
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Filipino American History Month is celebrated in the United States during the month of October.
Themes: Asian American
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Marie Equi entered San Quentin prison to serve a one-year term for her anti-war protests.
Themes: Wars & Related Anti-War Movements
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Tommie Smith and John Carlos made a symbolic protest while the U.S. national anthem was played in the Olympics.
Themes: African American, Civil Rights Movements, Racism & Racial Identity, Sports
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John Brown led a small group on a raid against a federal armory in Harpers Ferry, WV, in an attempt to start an armed revolt against the institution of slavery.
Themes: Democracy & Citizenship, Organizing, Slavery
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The Black Panther Party sought justice for African Americans and other oppressed communities through a combination of revolutionary theory, education, and community programs.
Themes: African American, Democracy & Citizenship, Organizing, Racism & Racial Identity
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The Clayton Antitrust Act sought to end practices that limited competition throughout the economy.
Themes: Economics, Labor
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As a sophomore, Paul Robeson was excluded from the Rutgers Football team because another team refused to play against a Black player.
Themes: African American, Racism & Racial Identity, Sports
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The untold story of African Americans in the White House from the 18th century to the present, including the presidents who held people in bondage.
Themes: Slavery
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Labor and cultural activist Ben Katz was born on October 13, 1902.
Themes: Art & Music
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A small band of striking coal miners in southern Illinois called out Chicago coal barons and stood their ground at Virden.
Themes: Economics, Labor, Organizing
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An uprising took place at a D.C. jail to protest conditions.
Themes: African American, Laws & Citizen Rights, Racism & Racial Identity
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Aleut women from the Pribilof Islands Program wrote a petition about the dangerous internment camp conditions.
Themes: Democracy & Citizenship, Native American, Wars & Related Anti-War Movements
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Che Guevara was killed by U.S. military backed-Bolivian forces, working with the CIA.
Themes: World History/Global Studies
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Lewis Henry Douglass served in the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment during the Civil War.
Themes: African American, Democracy & Citizenship, Laws & Citizen Rights, Slavery
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Wangari Maathai was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her work on the environment and founded the Greenbelt Movement.
Themes: Environment & Food, Women's History, World History/Global Studies
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