Dec. 9, 1864: Ebenezer Creek Massacre
People who had escaped from slavery and were following the Union Army, were blocked from crossing the Ebenezer Creek, leading to their death.
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This Day in People's History
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Nov. 17, 1961: Albany Movement
The Albany Movement engaged multiple civil rights organizations and students in the fight for desegregation and voting rights.
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Oct. 1526: First Rebellion of Enslaved Africans in What Became the United States
Enslaved Africans carried out the first recorded rebellion against slavery in what would become the United States, rising up at the short-lived Spanish colony of San Miguel de Gualdape, located in what is now Georgia or South Carolina.
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