Jan. 5, 1997: Guam Commission on Decolonization
Guam established a Commission on Decolonization.
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Theme: Democracy & Citizenship
Democracy & Citizenship
Jan. 1, 2009: Oscar Grant Killed
Oscar Grant was fatally shot by BART Police in Oakland.
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Jan. 3, 1966: Sammy Younge Jr. Murdered
Samuel Younge Jr., Navy vet, Tuskegee student, activist was killed in Alabama for using a “whites-only” bathroom. SNCC issued a powerful statement about his murder and in opposition to the Vietnam War.
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Jan. 4, 1874: Adelbert Ames Becomes Governor of Mississippi
Adelbert Ames become the elected governor of Mississippi during the Reconstruction era.
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March 26, 1839: End of The Trail of Tears
The Trail of Tears removed Cherokee Indians from their ancestral home in the Smoky Mountains to the Oklahoma Territory.
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Jan. 6, 1874: Robert B. Elliott Spoke of Need for Civil Rights Act
Rep. Robert B. Elliott gave a speech to advocate for the Civil Rights Act, which passed a year later.
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March 11, 1861: Confederate Constitution Adopted
The Constitution of the Confederate States of America was adopted a month before the Civil War started.
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April 17, 1863: Charlotte Brown Forced Off Streetcar
Charlotte Brown was forcibly removed from a horse-drawn streetcar in San Francisco.
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March 18, 1963: Gideon v. Wainwright
The ruling of Gideon v. Wainwright required states to provide counsel in criminal cases to represent defendants who are unable to afford to pay their own attorneys.
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March 23, 1965: Selma to Montgomery March Continues
The Selma to Montgomery marchers traveled into Lowndes County, working with local leaders to organize residents into a new political organization: the Lowndes County Freedom Organization (LCFO).
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March 25, 1931: Scottsboro Nine
Nine young African Americans were falsely charged with rape and collectively served more than 100 years in prison.
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March 25, 1965: Last Selma March
The Selma marches were three protest marches about voting rights, held in 1965.
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March 27, 1867: Staged Ride-ins in South Carolina Streetcars
Staged ride-ins during Reconstruction in South Carolina were among the first (recorded) organized protests of segregation on a streetcar.
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March 30, 1870: Fifteenth Amendment
The 15th Amendment to the United States Constitution was formally adopted.
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April 24, 1867: Richmond Streetcar Protest
African Americans in Richmond, Virginia organized protests against segregated streetcars.
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April 18, 1959: Students Petition and March for Integrated Schools
26,000 high school and college students came to Washington, D.C. to demand the end of segregated schools.
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Freedom’s Shore
Book — Non-fiction. By Russell Duncan. 1986. 192 pages.
Freedom’s Shore tells the incredible story of Tunis Campbell, a Northern abolitionist minister who heads South after the Civil War to help freedpeople in Georgia.
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Freedom’s Shore tells the incredible story of Tunis Campbell, a Northern abolitionist minister who heads South after the Civil War to help freedpeople in Georgia.
Revolution
Book — Fiction. By Deborah Wiles 2014. 544 pages.
Historical fiction for young adults set in Greenwood, Mississippi during the 1964 Freedom Summer.
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Historical fiction for young adults set in Greenwood, Mississippi during the 1964 Freedom Summer.
The Return of Gabriel
Book — Fiction. By John Armistead. 2002. 218 pages.
Confronted with decisions well beyond their years, three friends grapple with eternal issues of shifting loyalties and the nature of heroism
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Confronted with decisions well beyond their years, three friends grapple with eternal issues of shifting loyalties and the nature of heroism
Faces of Freedom Summer
Book — Non-fiction. Photographs by Herbert Randall. 2001. 132 pages.
A key collection of photographs for teaching about Freedom Summer in 1964 Mississippi.
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A key collection of photographs for teaching about Freedom Summer in 1964 Mississippi.
Reconstruction: The Second Civil War
Film. By Elizabeth Deane and Dion Graham. 2004. 174 minutes.
Through the voices of several historians and dramatic re-enactments by actors, PBS’s Reconstruction: The Second Civil War uses the stories of ordinary citizens to paint a picture of the Reconstruction era.
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Through the voices of several historians and dramatic re-enactments by actors, PBS’s Reconstruction: The Second Civil War uses the stories of ordinary citizens to paint a picture of the Reconstruction era.
Nov. 8, 2009: Okinawa Protest
Thousands of Okinawan protesters on the island of Okinawa demanded the removal of the U.S. base there.
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Nov. 21, 1927: Lum v. Rice Supreme Court Ruling
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that, in the case of nine-year old Chinese-American Martha Lum, her exclusion on account of race from school was justified.
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Nov. 25, 2006: Sean Bell Murdered
Sean Bell was murdered by New York City police on the day before his wedding.
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May 20, 1963: Medgar Evers Speech on WLBT
Medgar Evers made a 17-minute speech on WLBT in a rare and historic exception to the white supremacist only voice on Mississippi radio and television.
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