Nov. 2, 1920: The Ocoee Massacre
More than fifty African Americans killed in the Ocoee Massacre after going to vote in Florida.
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Theme: Democracy & Citizenship
Democracy & Citizenship
Nov. 1, 1890: Mississippi Constitution
Mississippi adopted a state constitution with poll tax and literacy tests to roll back the gains of the Reconstruction era.
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Nov. 23, 1887: Thibodaux Massacre
Between 30-60 striking Black Louisiana sugarcane workers were massacred.
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Nov. 9, 1938: Pogromnacht in Germany and Austria
Violent anti-Jewish demonstrations in Europe in which hundreds of synagogues were destroyed; 7,500 Jewish-owned businesses, homes, and schools were plundered; 91 Jews were murdered; and 30,000 Jewish men were arrested and sent to concentration camps.
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Nov. 15, 1969: Second Anti-War Moratorium
The second anti-war Moratorium occurred with over 500,000 marching in Washington, D.C. and demonstrations throughout the country and the world.
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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. 25, 1868: St. Bernard Parish Massacre
The St. Bernard Parish massacre of African Americans was carried out by white men to terrorize the recently emancipated voters in Louisiana.
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Oct. 1, 1851: The Jerry Rescue
Abolitionists freed a man captured under the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 in Syracuse, New York.
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Sept. 30, 1919: Elaine Massacre
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.
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Oct. 19, 1870: First African Americans Elected to the House of Representatives
For the first time, African Americans were elected to the House of Representatives in 1870.
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Oct. 21, 1916: African American Landowner Anthony Crawford Lynched
Successful African American entrepreneur, landowner, and community leader Anthony P. Crawford was murdered by a lynch mob in South Carolina.
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Oct. 22, 1963: Chicago School Boycott
The Chicago Public School Boycott, also known as Freedom Day, was a mass boycott and demonstration against the segregationist policies.
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Oct. 23, 1947: An Appeal to the World
The NAACP sent to the U.N. a document titled “An Appeal to the World,” to redress human rights violations the United States committed against its African-American citizens.
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Oct. 26, 2001: PATRIOT Act Signed
President George W. Bush signed the USA PATRIOT Act, which rolled back civil liberties for U.S. citizens and immigrants.
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Oct. 27, 1994: U.S. Prison Population Exceeds One Million
The U.S. Justice Department announced that the prison population topped one million for the first time in U.S. history.
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Nov. 13, 1953: Call to Ban Robin Hood in Indiana Schools
Mrs. White of the Indiana Textbook Commission called for a ban of Robin Hood in all school books for promoting communism.
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Nov. 14, 1960: Gomillion v. Lightfoot
SCOTUS ruled 9-0 that redrawing city boundaries in Tuskegee, Alabama to exclude African-American voters violates the 15th Amendment.
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Feb. 11, 1963: Howard Zinn Debates Fulton Lewis III About HUAC
Howard Zinn debated Fulton Lewis III, a journalist and member of the House Un-American Activities Committee, on the question of “Shall the House Committee on Un-American Activities Be Abolished?”
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Subversives: Stories from the Red Scare
Teaching Activity. By Ursula Wolfe-Rocca.
In this mixer lesson, students meet 27 different targets of government harassment and repression to analyze why disparate individuals might have become targets of the same campaign, determining what kind of threat they posed in the view of the U.S. government.
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In this mixer lesson, students meet 27 different targets of government harassment and repression to analyze why disparate individuals might have become targets of the same campaign, determining what kind of threat they posed in the view of the U.S. government.
Seizing Freedom Podcast
Podcast. Written and hosted by Kidada E. Williams. 2021.
A Black history podcast tells stories "drawn from archives of voices from American history that have been muted time and time again."
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A Black history podcast tells stories "drawn from archives of voices from American history that have been muted time and time again."
Dorie Ladner
Profile.
Dorie Ladner (June 28, 1942-March 11, 2024) was a Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) veteran, social worker, and lifelong activist.
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Nov. 24, 1947: Hollywood 10 Held in Contempt of Congress
The “Hollywood 10” directors, producers, and writers who refused to testify at HUAC were held in contempt of Congress.
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Nov. 27, 1955: Rosa Parks Attends Meeting About Emmett Till
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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Nov. 28, 1898: First National Convention of the Ex-Slave Mutual Relief, Bounty, and Pension Association
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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Running
Book — Fiction. By Natalia Sylvester. 2020. 328 pages.
A story that celebrates young people who find themselves as they come to political consciousness and commitment.
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A story that celebrates young people who find themselves as they come to political consciousness and commitment.