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AUG. 2, 1924: JAMES BALDWIN BORN
James Baldwin was born in Harlem, New York.
AUG. 2, 1924: JAMES BALDWIN BORN
James Baldwin was born in Harlem, New York.
AUG. 2, 1924: JAMES BALDWIN BORN
James Baldwin was born in Harlem, New York.
AUG. 2, 1869: FIRST “REDEEMER” GOVERNMENT ESTABLISHED IN TENNESSEE
The first “Redeemer” government is established in Tennessee after conservatives gain control of the state’s General Assembly, ushering in an era of Jim Crow segregation laws.
https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/first-redeemer-government-established-in-tennessee/
AUG. 1, 1952: SARAH KEYS REFUSES TO GIVE UP HER SEAT ON A BUS
Sarah Keys refused to give up her seat on a state-to-state charter bus, prompting the landmark court case, Sarah Keys v. Carolina Coach Company.
AUG. 1, 1944: RACIST WILDCAT STRIKE SHUTS DOWN PHILADELPHIA
Not wanting Black coworkers to be given the same positions and pay, a contingent of Philadelphia Transit Company (PTC) workers staged a wildcat strike and withheld their labor.
https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/racist-wildcat-strike-shuts-down-philadelphia/
AUG. 1, 1917: LABOR ORGANIZER FRANK LITTLE LYNCHED
WWI labor organizer Frank Little was lynched from a railroad trestle.
https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/frank-little-lynched/
AUG. 1, 1834: BRITAIN PASSES SLAVERY ABOLITION ACT
August First Day became a symbol of hope for enslaved people and abolitionists in the United States when Britain passed the Slavery Abolition Act in 1834, abolishing slavery throughout its colonies around the world.
https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/britain-slavery-abolition-act/
JULY 31, 1763: CHIEF PONTIAC WINS BATTLE OF BLOODY RUN AT FORT DETROIT
Fighting alongside Odawa Chief Pontiac, the unified Native warriors defeated 250 British soldiers during their siege at Fort Detroit during Pontiac’s War.
https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/battle-of-bloody-run/
JULY 30, 1975: MASSACRE IN EL SALVADOR
Dozens of high school and university students in a peaceful protest were killed and injured by the U.S. backed Salvadoran police and National Guard.
https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/massacre-el-salvador/
JULY 30, 1920: LYNCHING OF SERGEANT EDGAR CALDWELL
Sergeant Edgar Caldwell, a Black man, was hanged before a crowd of spectators in the yard of the Calhoun County jail for riding in a white streetcar.
https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/lynching-of-sergeant-edgar-caldwell/
JULY 30, 1866: NEW ORLEANS MASSACRE
The New Orleans Massacre occurred when white residents attacked Black marchers near the reconvened Louisiana Constitutional Convention.
https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/july-30-1866-new-orleans-massacre/
JULY 30, 1836: FORMERLY ENSLAVED ELIZA SMALL AND POLLY ANN BATES ESCAPE TO BOSTON
Eliza Small and Polly Ann Bates became formerly enslaved when they boarded the brig Chickasaw in Baltimore and escaped to Boston.
JULY 29, 1910: SLOCUM MASSACRE IN TEXAS
Citizens in the small, predominately African American town of Slocum, Texas, were massacred.
JULY 29, 1835: ABOLITIONIST LITERATURE REMOVED FROM POST OFFICE AND BURNED
Late night raid on the Charleston post office by a mob of white supremacists and the burning of abolitionist mail.
The hateful Right loves to fuck with the post office!
https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/abolitionist-literature-post-office
JULY 28, 1932: BONUS ARMY ATTACKED
The U.S. government attacked an encampment of Black and white WWI veterans with tanks, bayonets, and tear gas.
https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/bonus-army-attacked/
JULY 28, 1917: SILENT MARCH DOWN FIFTH AVENUE
W. E. B. Du Bois and the NAACP organized a silent march in New York City to protest the massacres and lynchings of African Americans.
https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/silent-march-nyc-naacp
JULY 28, 1914: WORLD WAR I BEGINS
The First World War killed roughly 20 million people. Fighting transitioned from mainly human- and animal-powered to fossil fuel-powered technologies and accessing and protecting fossil fuel supplies became part of sustaining a powerful military. The Earth and the environment have suffered ever since.
JULY 27, 1919: RED SUMMER IN CHICAGO
Sparked by a white police officer’s refusal to make an arrest in the murder of a Black teenager, violence in Chicago lasted almost a week. At least 38 people were killed and thousands of Black homes were looted and damaged during Red Summer.
JULY 27, 1816: THE “NEGRO FORT” MASSACRE
The U.S. Army firebombed a fort on the Apalachicola River in Florida.
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