A community of armed Black men and women in Christiana, Pennsylvania successfully defended four Black people from capture, serving as a catalyst for further armed self-defense within the abolitionist movement.
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Nineteen mineworkers were killed and dozens were wounded in the Lattimer Massacre.
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The South Carolina Constitutional Convention convened to disenfranchise Black voters.
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The Attica Prison Uprising began when prisoners took control of part of the prison in Upstate New York.
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ASALH was established by Carter G. Woodson and Jesse E. Moorland.
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An unexpected hurricane crashed into the Gulf Coast and devastated Galveston, Texas, leaving thousands of people dead and even more left houseless. The storm’s turmoil and destruction allowed white terror and fraud to flourish.
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Treaties were signed to turn over control of the Panama Canal from the U.S. to Panama.
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The Virgin Islands were hit by Hurricane Irma. Also, on #tdih in 1928, Hurricane Okeechobee formed and hit Puerto Rico and Florida soon in mid-September.
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In 1971, Denmark beat Mexico in the second unofficial Women’s World Cup in front of a sold-out crowd of 112,500 fans at Mexico’s Aztec Stadium. As of 2024, it is still the most attended women’s sporting event on record.
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A white family (the Heffners) in McComb, Mississippi, left after a campaign of harassment, ostracism, and economic retaliation for having spoken to civil rights workers.
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Federal agents seized records, destroyed equipment and books, and arrested hundreds of activists involved with the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW).
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Benefit concert for the Civil Rights Congress with Paul Robeson was held in Peekskill, New York.
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The end of fighting at the Battle of Blair Mountain, which was the largest example of class war in U.S. history.
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Nearly 50 African-Americans were killed by white mobs during the Clinton Riot.
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Chicken plant workers died when a preventable workplace “accident” trapped them in a burning building.
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Henry McNeal Turner addressed the Georgia Legislature on its decision to expel all Black representatives.
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The Grenada, Mississippi school board shuttered school instead of opening its doors to registered Black students.
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