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Student demonstrators and other civilians were killed by the military and police in Mexico in advance of the 1968 Olympic Games.
Themes: Democracy & Citizenship, Organizing, World History/Global Studies
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Under the orders of U.S.-backed Dominican dictator President Rafael Trujillo, the execution of more than 20,000 Haitians began in what is now known as the Parsley Massacre at Massacre River.
Themes: Latinx, Racism & Racial Identity, US Foreign Policy, World History/Global Studies
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The Free Speech Movement was launched at UC-Berkeley.
Themes: Civil Rights Movements, Democracy & Citizenship, Laws & Citizen Rights
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Abolitionists freed a man captured under Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 in Syracuse, New York.
Themes: Democracy & Citizenship, Laws & Citizen Rights, Slavery and Resistance
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Black farmers were massacred in Elaine, Arkansas for their efforts to fight for better pay and higher cotton prices. A white mob shot at them, and the farmers returned fire in self-defense. Estimates range from 100-800 killed, and 67 survivors were indicted for inciting violence.
Themes: African American, Democracy & Citizenship, Labor
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Conscientious objectors began a hunger strike at Lewisburg Federal Penitentiary.
Themes: African American, Democracy & Citizenship, Wars & Related Anti-War Movements
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A white mob of between 5,000 to 15,000 lynched African American Will Brown. The Army arrested mob ringleaders. Even though photographs identified them, all of the suspects were eventually released.
Themes: African American, Racism & Racial Identity
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Encampments of Comanches, Kiowas, Kiowa Apaches, Cheyennes, and Arapahos were attacked by the U.S. military.
Themes: Reconstruction, Imperialism, Native American
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In response to the promotion of voter registration, a KKK like group massacred hundreds of people, most who were African American.
Themes: African American, Reconstruction, Democracy & Citizenship
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David Walker published one of the most important documents of the 19th century.
Themes: Democracy & Citizenship, Racism & Racial Identity, Slavery and Resistance
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Silent Spring by Rachel Carson was published.
Themes: Climate Justice, Environment, Women's History
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Local 25 of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU) declared a strike.
Themes: Labor, Women's History
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Herbert Lee, a farmer who helped voting rights activists, was murdered by a state legislator in broad daylight.
Themes: African American, Democracy & Citizenship, Laws & Citizen Rights
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Fourteen people removed 10,000 draft cards from the Milwaukee draft board.
Themes: Wars & Related Anti-War Movements
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Abraham Lincoln issued the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation.
Themes: African American, Democracy & Citizenship, Laws & Citizen Rights, Slavery and Resistance
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Orlando Letelier and Ronni Moffitt were killed in Washington, D.C. by a U.S.-backed Augusto Pinochet regime car bomb.
Themes: Imperialism, Latinx, US Foreign Policy, World History/Global Studies
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James Meredith attempted to register at the University of Mississippi.
Themes: African American, Civil Rights Movements, Democracy & Citizenship, Laws & Citizen Rights
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Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico as a major Category 4 storm.
Themes: Climate Justice, Environment, Democracy & Citizenship, Economics, Latinx
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Forty Black men, elected by communities in nine states, met in Philadelphia in 1830 to organize for improving the lives of Black people in North America. That week, they founded the National Colored Conventions movement and held its first official sessions.
Themes: African American, Organizing
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