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MAY 16, 1950: BRIGGS V. ELLIOTT CHALLENGES SCHOOL SEGREGATION

With the help of the NAACP, local African American parents in South Carolina fought back against school segregation in a case that eventually helped to end segregation of public facilities across the nation.

https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/briggs-v-elliott/

#OnThisDay #PeoplesHistory #USPol
MAY 16, 1950: BRIGGS V. ELLIOTT CHALLENGES SCHOOL SEGREGATION

With the help of the NAACP, local African American parents in South Carolina fought back against school segregation in a case that eventually helped to end segregation of public facilities across the nation.

https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/briggs-v-elliott/

#OnThisDay #PeoplesHistory #USPol
MAY 16, 1950: BRIGGS V. ELLIOTT CHALLENGES SCHOOL SEGREGATION

With the help of the NAACP, local African American parents in South Carolina fought back against school segregation in a case that eventually helped to end segregation of public facilities across the nation.

https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/briggs-v-elliott/

#OnThisDay #PeoplesHistory #USPol
MAY 16, 1950: BRIGGS V. ELLIOTT CHALLENGES SCHOOL SEGREGATION

With the help of the NAACP, local African American parents in South Carolina fought back against school segregation in a case that eventually helped to end segregation of public facilities across the nation.

https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/briggs-v-elliott/

#OnThisDay #PeoplesHistory #USPol
MAY 16, 1950: BRIGGS V. ELLIOTT CHALLENGES SCHOOL SEGREGATION

With the help of the NAACP, local African American parents in South Carolina fought back against school segregation in a case that eventually helped to end segregation of public facilities across the nation.

https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/briggs-v-elliott/

#OnThisDay #PeoplesHistory #USPol
MAY 16, 1918: THE SEDITION ACT OF 1918 ENACTED

The Sedition Act of 1918 was enacted to extend the Espionage Act of 1917. It forbade the use of “disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive language” about the U.S. government.

https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/sedition-act-1918/

#OnThisDay #PeoplesHistory #USPol
MAY 16, 1918: THE SEDITION ACT OF 1918 ENACTED

The Sedition Act of 1918 was enacted to extend the Espionage Act of 1917. It forbade the use of “disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive language” about the U.S. government.

https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/sedition-act-1918/

#OnThisDay #PeoplesHistory #USPol
MAY 16, 1918: THE SEDITION ACT OF 1918 ENACTED

The Sedition Act of 1918 was enacted to extend the Espionage Act of 1917. It forbade the use of “disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive language” about the U.S. government.

https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/sedition-act-1918/

#OnThisDay #PeoplesHistory #USPol
MAY 16, 1918: THE SEDITION ACT OF 1918 ENACTED

The Sedition Act of 1918 was enacted to extend the Espionage Act of 1917. It forbade the use of “disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive language” about the U.S. government.

https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/sedition-act-1918/

#OnThisDay #PeoplesHistory #USPol
MAY 16, 1918: THE SEDITION ACT OF 1918 ENACTED

The Sedition Act of 1918 was enacted to extend the Espionage Act of 1917. It forbade the use of “disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive language” about the U.S. government.

https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/sedition-act-1918/

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MAY 15, 2010: KALIEF BROWDER ARRESTED, HELD FOR THREE YEARS WITH NO TRIAL

Kalief Browder was arrested at the age of 16 for allegedly stealing a backpack weeks before in the Bronx.

https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/kalief-browder-arrested

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MAY 15, 1970: JACKSON STATE KILLINGS

College student Phillip Lafayette Gibbs (21) and high school student James Earl Green (17) were killed by the police during an anti-war protest at Jackson State College.

https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/jackson-state-killings/

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MAY 15, 1956: ELLOREE 21 REFUSE TO SIGN ANTI-NAACP TEACHER OATH

Twenty-one teachers at the Elloree Training School were fired when they refused to sign an oath denying membership in the NAACP.

https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/elloree-21/

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MAY 15, 1948: THE PALESTINIAN NAKBA

The Nakba (“catastrophe” in Arabic) was the violent and systemic expulsion of nearly 75 percent of all Palestinians from their homes and homeland by Zionist militias and the new Israeli army in the years surrounding the establishment of Israel in May 1948.

https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/the-palestinian-nakba/

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MAY 14, 2022: BUFFALO MASSACRE

After posting a racist manifesto online before targeting a majority-Black neighborhood, a white supremacist killed ten people at a grocery store in Buffalo, New York.

https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/buffalo-massacre/

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MAY 14, 2022: BUFFALO MASSACRE

After posting a racist manifesto online before targeting a majority-Black neighborhood, a white supremacist killed ten people at a grocery store in Buffalo, New York.

https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/buffalo-massacre/

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MAY 14, 1969: SCHOOL LIBRARIAN’S LAWSUIT AGAINST DISCRIMINATION

Carrie Coleman Robinson, a Black school librarian in Alabama, brought a landmark case to the U.S. District Court alleging that Alabama’s Department of Education denied her equal protection as a department employee because of her race.

https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/black-school-librarian-leads-landmark-lawsuit-against-racial-discrimination/

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MAY 14, 1969: SCHOOL LIBRARIAN’S LAWSUIT AGAINST DISCRIMINATION

Carrie Coleman Robinson, a Black school librarian in Alabama, brought a landmark case to the U.S. District Court alleging that Alabama’s Department of Education denied her equal protection as a department employee because of her race.

https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/black-school-librarian-leads-landmark-lawsuit-against-racial-discrimination/

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MAY 14, 1960: FIREHOSES CONFRONT FREE SPEECH IN S.F. CITY HALL

Peaceful protesters formed a picket line at the House on Un-American Activities Committee hearings.

https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/firehoses-confront-free-speech/

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MAY 14, 1960: FIREHOSES CONFRONT FREE SPEECH IN S.F. CITY HALL

Peaceful protesters formed a picket line at the House on Un-American Activities Committee hearings.

https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/firehoses-confront-free-speech/

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MAY 14, 1913: LONGSHORE STRIKE IN PHILADELPHIA

More than four thousand Philadelphia longshoremen, organized by African American IWW leader Ben Fletcher, went on strike and shut down one of the busiest ports in the United States.

https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/longshore-strike-in-philadelphia/

#OnThisDay #PeoplesHistory #USPol
MAY 14, 1913: LONGSHORE STRIKE IN PHILADELPHIA

More than four thousand Philadelphia longshoremen, organized by African American IWW leader Ben Fletcher, went on strike and shut down one of the busiest ports in the United States.

https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/longshore-strike-in-philadelphia/

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MAY 13, 2011: SCHOLASTIC INC. WITHDRAWS COAL PAMPHLET

Amid overwhelming criticism that Scholastic Inc. was lying to students about the benefits of coal use, the education publisher cut ties with the coal industry.

https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/scholastic-inc-withdraws-coal-pamphlet/

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MAY 13, 1985: PHILADELPHIA POLICE BOMB MOVE

The Philadelphia Police Department dropped a C-4 bomb on the home of the MOVE organization, killing eleven people (including five children) and wiping out half a city block.

https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/move-bombing/

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MAY 13, 1968: DETROIT POLICE ATTACK POOR PEOPLE’S CAMPAIGN

On its way to Washington, D.C., the Poor People’s Campaign was attacked by the police in Detroit.

https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/detroit-police-attack-poor-peoples-campaign/

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MAY 12, 1968: THE POOR PEOPLE’S CAMPAIGN BEGAN

The Poor People’s Campaign was a multiracial effort to gain economic justice for poor people.

https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/poor-peoples-campaign-began/

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MAY 12, 1869: DETROIT EDUCATOR FANNIE RICHARDS HELPS TO DESEGREGATE MICHIGAN SCHOOLS

The Michigan Supreme Court ruled in favor of school desegregation in the case of Joseph Workman v. the Detroit Board of Education, almost 90 years before the United States’ landmark Brown v. Board of Education.

https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/fannie-richards-desegregation/

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MAY 11, 1973: PENTAGON PAPERS CHARGES DISMISSED

Judge Byrne dismissed all charges against Daniel Ellsberg and Anthony Russo in the Pentagon Papers trial.

https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/pentagon-papers-charges/

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MAY 11, 1894: PULLMAN STRIKE

The American Railway Union led the Pullman Strike.

https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/pullman-strike/

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MOTHER’S DAY: A CAMPAIGN FOR PEACE WITH JUSTICE

Mother’s Day began as a call to action for healthcare and against war. Activism continues today with #FreeBlackMamas and more.

https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/mothers-day-for-peace/

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MAY 10, 1967: ARMY CAPTAIN HOWARD LEVY REFUSES TO TRAIN GREEN BERETS DURING VIETNAM WAR

Army Captain Howard Levy was imprisoned for three years for refusing to train U.S. Special Forces soldiers during the Vietnam War.

https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/howard-levy-arrested/

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MAY 10, 1919: CHARLESTON WHITE MOB RIOT

White sailors ignited violent rioting in Charleston, South Carolina during the Red Summer of 1919. African Americans fought back, in self-defense.

https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/charleston-sc-riot

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MAY 10, 1886: LEE YICK WINS EQUAL PROTECTION UNDER THE LAW CASE

Lee Yick won a Supreme Court case that said that all people — citizens and non-citizens alike — had equal protection under the law.

https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/lee-yick-wins-equal-protection-case/

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MAY 10, 1740: THE SOUTH CAROLINA NEGRO ACT IS PASSED

Passed in response to the Stono Rebellion, this law made it illegal to teach enslaved people to read or write, aiming to prevent further insurrections.

https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/south-carolina-negro-act-passed/

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MAY 9, 1968: OCEAN HILL-BROWNSVILLE TEACHERS’ STRIKE OF 1968

Teachers went on strike for seven months, against community control, after Black and Puerto Rican parents organized for better schools for their children in New York City.

https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/ocean-hill-brownsville/

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MAY 9, 1933: HELEN KELLER WRITES TO GERMAN STUDENTS

Helen Keller wrote a letter to the students who planned on burning all books deemed “un-German.”

https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/helen-keller-writes-to-germans/

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MAY 9, 1934: LONGSHORE STRIKE

Starting in the spring of 1934, longshoremen across every port on the West Coast struck against the unfair hiring tactics that they experienced daily.

https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/longshore-strike/

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MAY 8, 1959: MEXICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITIES EVICTED

Palo Verde, La Loma, and Bishop were close-knit Mexican American communities that were destroyed in the 1950s to make way for Dodger Stadium.

https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/chavez-ravine-evictions/

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MAY 8, 1858: JOHN BROWN AND CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION

John Brown, Martin Delany, and others gathered for a Constitutional Convention in Chatham, Canada.

https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/john-brown-convention/

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MAY 7, 1955: MURDER OF REV. GEORGE W. LEE

Rev. George W. Lee, one of the first African Americans registered to vote in Humphreys County since Reconstruction and head of the Belzoni, Mississippi NAACP, was murdered.

https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/rev-george-lee/

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MAY 7, 1954: VIET MINH VICTORY

The Viet Minh scored their final victory over the French at Dien Bien Phu.

https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/viet-minh-victory/

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MAY 6, 1922: GLORIA RICHARDSON BORN

Civil rights activist Gloria Richardson was born in Baltimore.

https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/gloria-richardson-is-born/

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MAY 6, 1882: CHINESE EXCLUSION ACT SIGNED

The 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act was signed, prohibiting Chinese immigration to the United States.

https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/chinese-exclusion-act-signed/

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MAY 5, 2010: RED DRESS DAY HONORING MISSING AND MURDERED INDIGENOUS WOMEN

A national day of awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls and 2SLGBTQI+ people (MMIWG2S).

https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/red-dress-day/

At the end of the month Firestorm Books will be hosting journalist and former Black Panther JoNina Abron-Ervin for a virtual conversation with author Robyn Maynard! Together they'll be discussing the new and revised edition of JoNina's "Driven By the Movement," recently released by AK Press.

"Driven by the Movement: Reports from the Black Power Era" collects the stories of twenty ordinary people who did extraordinary things for the Black liberation struggle during the pivotal decade of 1965-1975. These activists came from across the US and all walks of life—single working mothers, clergy, students, teachers, military veterans—to organize against police brutality, poverty, hunger, substandard schools, and colonialism in Africa.

Register for free and find your copy of "Driven by the Movement" at https://firestorm.coop/events/3442-reports-from-the-black-power-era.html. Can't make the event live? Register anyway and we'll send you the recording to enjoy at your convenience.

#PeoplesHistory #BlackHistory #BlackPower #BlackPantherParty #FeministBookstore #JoNinaAbronErvin #FirestormCoop (- L)

He was among the first to rigorously explore the social, political, and economic dynamics of #caste in modern India, from lived experience.

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@movements_social

https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/former-jnu-professor-nandu-ram-pioneering-sociologist-who-brought-dalit-studies-to-mainstream-passes-away-10158318/?ref=cities_hp

On Saturday 9 August we'll be running our Agitating the Lawless Rabble walk from 2pm. This will end at Broadway Cinema immediately outside the No More Hiroshimas exhibition.

https://peopleshistreh.wordpress.com/2025/05/05/guided-histreh-walk-9th-aug-agitating-the-lawless-rabble/

#PeoplesHistory #NottinghamHistory #LocalHistory #HistoryWalk #RadicalHistory

Our To the Castle! walk begins at 2pm from St Peters Square, #Nottingham. We'll attempt to #LiveToot the walk.

#History #PeoplesHistory #NottinghamHistory #NottsHistory #ReformRiots #HistoryWalk

Join us in #Nottingham at 2pm tomorrow for a walk retracing the 1831 #ReformRiots. Learn about the people who burned down #NottinghamCastle.

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In the second part of Workers and Empire, Christopher Reid surveys the relationships between working class revolts in the centre and the periphery of the British empire, and draws lessons from George Padmore, CLR James, and George Orwell.

https://interregnum.ghost.io/workers-and-empire-2/

#imperialism #workers #decolonial #history #politics #peopleshistory #historyfrombelow