February 2nd, 1893 – Sam Blow, an African American man, was lynched in Richlands, Tazewell County, because another lynching victim, John Johnson, implicated him with the murder of Mr. Hunt, a white man. Five African American men were lynched in less than three days in Richlands in relation to the murder of two white merchants,Continue reading “Day in the History of Racial Injustice”
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Day in the History of Racial Injustice
February 1, 1965 ~ Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and more than 250 Martin Luther King Jr. led more than 250 activists to the Dallas County Courthouse in Selma, Alabama, to register to vote. All of them were arrested during the peaceful demonstration and charged with parading without a permit. In a letter written fromContinue reading “Day in the History of Racial Injustice”
Day in the History of Racial Injustice
January 31, 1964 ~ Louis Allen, witnessed a murder of an NAACP activist by a white state legislator, was murdered in Mississippi.
Day in the History of Racial Injustice
January 30, 1956 ~ Dr. Martin King Jr.’s house in Montgomery, Alabama, was bombed while he spoke at a mass a meeting; King later addressed an angry crowd and asked for nonviolence.
Day in the History of Racial Injustice
January 29, 1908 ~ Federal court bared “mixed blood” Alaskan students from white schools unless they assimilate. January 29 1883 ~ In Pace v. Alabama, U. S. Supreme Court upheld law criminalizing interracial sex and marriage.
Civil Rights Class Week 1
As part of my personal growth in 2022, I am taking a civil rights class at the Rivers School in Weston, Massachusetts. The “Civil Rights Movement” refers to efforts toward achieving true equality for African Americans in all facets of society, but today the term “civil rights” is also used to describe the advancement ofContinue reading “Civil Rights Class Week 1”
Day in the History of Racial Injustice
January 28, 1934 ~A 40-year-old Black man named Robert Johnson was wrongly arrested in Tampa, Florida. White authorities within the Tampa police investigated Mr. Johnson’s alleged involvement in an attack on a white woman, and though he was quickly cleared of those charges, police did not release him. Instead, they issued a warrant accusing himContinue reading “Day in the History of Racial Injustice”
Day in the History of Racial Injustice
January 27, 1967 ~ Jefferson County sheriff deputies went to the home of Robert Lacey, a Black father of six, to enforce a law requiring him to take the family dog to the veterinarian. The police engaged in a confrontation with Mr. Lacey and shot him to death.
Day in the History of Racial Injustice
January 26, 1070 ~ In Evan V. Abney U. S. Supreme Court upheld Georgia court’s decision to close rather than integrate Macon’s Baconsfield Park, created by Senator Augustus Bacon for whites only.
Day in the History of Racial Injustice
January 25, 1942 ~ A white mob is Sikeston, Missouri, abducted Cleo Wright, accused of assaulting a white women, from jail, dragged him behind a cat, and set him on fire in front of two Black churches as service let out.
Relentless Robin 