March 11, 1965 – Reverend James Reeb, a white supporter of Black voting rights, died two days after he was beaten by angry white people in Selma, Alabama.
Author Archives: rtsallie
Sunday Selfie
Day in the History of Racial Injustice
March 10, 2022 ~ A Collegedale, Tennessee police officer fired his stun gun at a Black food delivery man, Delane Gordon, who had begun recording his traffic stop for speeding and asked to see the officer’s supervisor, video footage shows. Gordon has no prior criminal record, never posed a threat to the officer and wasContinue reading “Day in the History of Racial Injustice”
Day in the History of Racial Injustice
March 09, 1892 – Ida B. Wells’s friends Thomas Moss, Calvin McDowell, and Henry Stewart were lynched in Memphis, Tennessee, sparking her lifelong crusade against lynching.
Day in the History of Racial Injustice
March 08, 1655 – Virginian Colony court ruled against John Casor, a black indentured servant who sued for his freedom after being forced to work past his term, and declared himself enslaved for life.
Day in the History of Racial Injustice
March 7, 2022 ~After 122 years of failure, a sudden, quiet success. The U.S. Senate unanimously passed the Emmett Till Antilynching Act, a law that makes lynching a federal hate crime. The House passed the bill in February by a 410-3 vote. The measure now goes to President Joe Biden for his signature. The firstContinue reading “Day in the History of Racial Injustice”
Day in the History of Racial Injustice
March 6, 1857 ~ U.S. Supreme Court in Dred Scott v. Sandford ruled that people of African descent cannot be U.S. citizens, are not protected by the Constitution, and have no standing to sue in federal courts.
Day in the History of Racial Injustice
March 05, 1842 ~ This week, Maryland law provided for punishment of up to 20 years in prison for Africa American found with an antislavery publication in their possession.
Day in the History of Racial Injustice
March 4, 1789 – The first U.S. Congress met for the first time, operating under the U.S. Constitution and cementing slavery, racism and injustice into existence. Most of the members of the 1789 congress were slave owners. The Constitution is racist, pro-slavery and reduced African-Americans to three-fifths of a (white) human being. The Congress isContinue reading “Day in the History of Racial Injustice”
Of Women and Salt
In Of Women and Salt by Gabriela Garcia all in the voices are of women and the stories all center around women. The faculty book club at the Rivers School in Weston, Massachusetts choose the book for their March selection. It is an intergenerational novel, centered around Jeannette, a young woman struggling with addiction, andContinue reading “Of Women and Salt”
Relentless Robin 