January 12, 1896 ~ Mob of 20 sets fire to Jefferson Parish, Louisiana home of Patrick (white) and Charlotte (Black) Morris, who were burned to death; their son, Patrick Morris Jr., escape with his life.
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Day in the History of Racial Injustice
January 11, 1960 ~ Georgia Governor Ernest Vandiver Jr. threatened to withhold state funding from any public school that attempted to integrate Black and white students.
Day in the History of Racial Injustice
January 10, 1966 ~Vernon Dahmer, black business person and voting rights activist, died after his home in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, was firebombed.
Day in the History of Racial Injustice
January 9, 1961 ~Mobs of white students riot and school officials suspend Charlayne Hunter and Hamilton Holmes after they become the first Black students to integrate the University of Georgia.
Day in the History of Racial Injustice
January 8, 1811 ~ Largest slave insurrection in U.S. history, 1811 Slave Revolt, began in Louisiana Territory; after their defeat many of the enslaved people were mutilated, decapitated or burned alive.
Day in the History of Racial Injustice
January 7, 1966 ~ After student activist Samuel Leamon Younge Jr. was killed by a white gas station attendant because Younge insisted on using the white bathroom, Tuskegee University students marched to protest.
Day in the History of Racial Injustice
January 6, 1959 ~Richard and Mildred Loving plead guilty to violating Virginia las against interracial marriage and received one-year sentences in prison unless they leave the state for 25 years. January 6, 2021 ~ A day when American democracy died a little. Trump had lost, but he had also won – the “big lie” hadContinue reading “Day in the History of Racial Injustice”
Day in the History of Racial Injustice
January 05, 1923 ~ A mob of over 200 white men attacked the Black community in Rosewood, Florida, killing over 30 Black women, men, and children, burning the town to the ground, and forcing all survivors to permanently flee Rosewood.
Day in the History of Racial Injustice
January 4, 1876 ~ Mississippi “pig law” passed to punish farm animal theft with 5 years in prison and to allow the state to lease prisoners to private employees. January 4, 2008 ~ A SWAT team kicked in the door at the Lima, Ohio, home of Tarika Wilson, 24, shot and killed her while sheContinue reading “Day in the History of Racial Injustice”
Day in the History of Racial Injustice
January 2, 1944 ~ William James Howard, a black 15-year-old, was lynched by three white men in Suwannee County, Florida, after one of the men accused Howard of writing a love note to his daughter. He was lynched for having given Christmas cards to all his co-workers at the Van Priest Dime Store, including CynthiaContinue reading “Day in the History of Racial Injustice”
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