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The largest LGBTQ massacre in U.S. history (until the Orlando Massacre) occurred at the UpStairs Lounge in New Orleans.
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NASA scientist James Hansen testified to Congress stating the greenhouse effect had been detected.
Themes: Climate Justice, Environment, Science
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The permit for the Poor People's Campaign expired, ending the month long encampment.
Themes: African American, Democracy & Citizenship, Labor, Latinx, Native American, Organizing, Racism & Racial Identity
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President Roosevelt signed the Servicemen's Readjustment Act (USA), known as the GI Bill, to provide financial aid to veterans returning from WW II. White supremacy prevented equal access to those benefits.
Themes: African American, Democracy & Citizenship, Wars & Related Anti-War Movements
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James Chaney, Michael Schwerner, and Andrew Goodman were tortured and murdered by the KKK in Neshoba County, Mississippi.
Themes: African American, Civil Rights Movements, Organizing, Racism & Racial Identity
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The Southern Homestead Act of 1866 was signed on June 21, 1866.
Themes: African American, Reconstruction, Labor, Racism & Racial Identity
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Muhammad Ali was convicted for refusing induction in the U.S. armed forces.
Themes: African American, Civil Rights Movements, Democracy & Citizenship, Sports
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Juneteenth or Emancipation Day is the oldest known celebration commemorating the ending of slavery in the United States.
Themes: African American, Reconstruction, Slavery and Resistance
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Black and white protesters attempted to desegregate a pool in St. Augustine, Florida.
Themes: African American, Laws & Citizen Rights, Racism & Racial Identity
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Nine African American churchgoers were gunned down inside a church in an act of white supremacist terrorism.
Themes: African American, Racism & Racial Identity
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Eugene V. Debs made his famous anti-war speech protesting World War I which was raging in Europe.
Themes: Labor, Wars & Related Anti-War Movements
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When the Civil Defense Administration attempted to hold a drill simulating a nuclear attack, 27 activists in New York refused to take cover. They handed out pamphlets reading: "We will not obey this order to pretend, to evacuate, to hide... We refuse to cooperate."
Themes: Environment, Wars & Related Anti-War Movements
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The U.S. announced the end to its bombing exercises in Vieques, Puerto Rico after decades of protests from activists.
Themes: Imperialism, Latinx, Wars & Related Anti-War Movements
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The 14th Amendment to the constitution was passed, granting citizenship to "all persons born or naturalized in the United States."
Themes: African American, Reconstruction, Democracy & Citizenship, Laws & Citizen Rights
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The Supreme Court ruled in favor of Mildred and Richard Loving in the historic Loving v. Virginia case.
Themes: African American, Democracy & Citizenship, Laws & Citizen Rights
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Medgar Evers, WWII war veteran and Civil Rights activist, was murdered by a white supremacist in Jackson, Mississippi.
Themes: African American, Civil Rights Movements, Democracy & Citizenship, Racism & Racial Identity
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Oliver Law became first Black commander of a U.S. army.
Themes: African American, Wars & Related Anti-War Movements, World History/Global Studies
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African Ameican residents of Diamond, Louisiana won their relocation fight with Shell Oil.
Themes: African American, Climate Justice, Environment
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Students for a Democratic Society held its founding convention in Michigan and issued the Port Huron Statement.
Themes: Democracy & Citizenship, Laws & Citizen Rights, Organizing, Wars & Related Anti-War Movements
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More than 100,000 students stayed out of school to protest inequality and segregation in Chicago.
Themes: African American, Civil Rights Movements, Democracy & Citizenship, Education
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