The Montgomery Bus Boycott is one of the most powerful examples of organizing and social change in U.S. history.
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Black Panther Party members Fred Hampton and Mark Clark were assassinated by police and FBI agents in Chicago, Illinois.
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After the Civil War, representatives from states recently in rebellion were blocked from being sworn-in at the 39th Congress.
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An international observance for persons with disabilities, which has been ongoing annually since 1992.
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In his 1860 speech commemorating radical abolitionist John Brown’s raid on Harper’s Ferry, Frederick Douglass argued that slavery would only end if the slave owner feared the violent retribution of the enslaved.
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Frederick Douglass and Martin Delany launched the abolitionist North Star newspaper.
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Three nuns and a lay worker were killed in El Salvador by members of the U.S.-backed National Guard.
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Abolitionist John Brown was executed by the state of Virginia for leading the infamous Harpers Ferry Raid.
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Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama.
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Shaw University was established as a co-ed campus with support from private donors and the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands. It is the second oldest HBCU in the South.
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A coalition of environmental activists, anti-capitalists, and union leaders took to the streets of Seattle to bring the World Trade Organization conference to a halt.
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Born on this day, Shirley Chisholm was the first Black woman elected to the U.S. Congress
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A Colorado Cavalry unit, on orders from Colorado’s governor and ignoring a surrender flag, brutally attacked Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes. White abolitionist Silas Soule was assassinated for reporting on the event.
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During the Zong Massacre, a ship captain ordered that 54 enslaved Africans be thrown overboard and killed.
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In solidarity with the Palestinian people, Detroit auto workers led a one-day strike protesting the United Auto Workers’ (UAW) support of Israel.
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The Palmer Raids began in November of 1919 and targeted suspected radical leftists, especially anarchists, and deported them from the United States.
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The Ex-Slave Mutual Relief, Bounty, and Pension Association was founded with a dual mission to organize mutual aid for its members and to pass federal pension legislation that would compensate every formerly enslaved person.
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Rosa Parks attended a mass meeting about Emmett Till days before her refusal to give up her seat on the bus.
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Joseph James Ettor, Arturo Giovannitti, and Joseph Caruso were acquitted after one of the most important labor trials.
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Sean Bell was murdered by New York City police on the day before his wedding.
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