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This coming Wednesday we'll be teaming up with our friends at @pmpress to host author Gabriel San Román in conversation with fellow journalist Roberto Lovato! They'll discuss Gabriel's new book, "Days of Dissent," about the strikes and forgotten martyrs of the labor movement.

In "Days of Dissent: Revolts, Strikes, and Rebel Histories," Gabriel brims with defiance recounting the rebellious history that has reshaped the United States and the world. In a subverted "this day in history" format, and rising from his Subversive Historian commentaries on Pacifica Radio, a story is told for every day of the year with poignant vignettes about protests—no matter how big or small.

Register for this virtual event and find your copy of "Days of Dissent" at https://app.hi.events/event/9369/revolts-strikes-and-rebel-histories . Not able to make the event live? Sign up anyway and we'll send you the recorded conversation to enjoy at your convenience.

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JUNE 17, 2015: CHARLESTON CHURCH MASSACRE

Nine African American churchgoers were gunned down inside a church in an act of white supremacist terrorism.

https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/charleston-church-massacre/

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JUNE 17, 1965: PROTEST FOR VOTING RIGHTS IN JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI

Five-year-old Anthony Quin and his mother and siblings protested against the election of five Mississippi Congressmen from districts where Black people were not allowed to vote. Refused admittance, they sat on the steps and police-instigated mayhem ensued.

https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/voting-rights-protest-jackson

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JUNE 16, 1976: SOWETO UPRISING

Student-led protests in South Africa that began in response to the introduction of Afrikaans as the medium of instruction in local schools.

https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/soweto-uprising/

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JUNE 16, 1918: EUGENE V. DEBS SPEECH AGAINST WWI

Eugene V. Debs made his famous anti-war speech protesting World War I, which was raging in Europe at the time.

https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/eugene-v-debs-speech-wwi/

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JUNE 15, 1982: PLYLER V. DOE SUPREME COURT DECISION

Striking down a Texas state law, the Supreme Court ruled that “all children, regardless of immigration status, have a constitutional right to a free public education from kindergarten to 12th grade.”

https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/plyler-v-doe-decision/

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JUNE 15, 1955: PROTEST OF NUCLEAR ATTACK DRILLS

When the Civil Defense Administration attempted to hold a drill simulating a nuclear attack, 27 activists in New York refused to take cover. They handed out pamphlets reading: “We will not obey this order to pretend, to evacuate, to hide... We refuse to cooperate.”

https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/nuclear-attack-drill-protest

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JUNE 14, 2001: U.S. ENDS BOMBING EXERCISES IN PUERTO RICO

After decades of protests from activists, the United States announced the end to its bombing exercises in Vieques, Puerto Rico.

https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/us-ends-bombing-exercises/

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JUNE 14, 1943: SUPREME COURT FINDS COMPULSORY FLAG SALUTES UNCONSTITUTIONAL

On Flag Day 1943, the Supreme Court invalidated a compulsory flag salute law in public schools and established that students possess some level of First Amendment rights.

But forced birth is cool...

https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/compulsory-flag-salutes-unconstitutional/

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JUNE 13, 1866: 14TH AMENDMENT PASSED

The 14th Amendment to the constitution was passed, granting citizenship to “all persons born or naturalized in the United States.”

https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/fourteenth-amendment-passed/

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JUNE 12, 2016: PULSE NIGHTCLUB MASSACRE

During a “Latin Night” at the gay nightclub Pulse in Orlando, Florida, a gunman shot and killed 49 people and wounded 53 more in the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history at the time.

https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/pulse-nightclub-massacre/

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JUNE 12, 1967: LOVING DAY

The Supreme Court ruled in favor of Mildred and Richard Loving in the historic Loving v. Virginia case.

https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/loving-day/

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JUNE 12, 1963: MEDGAR EVERS MURDERED IN MISSISSIPPI

Medgar Evers, WWII veteran and civil rights activist, was murdered by a white supremacist in Jackson, Mississippi.

https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/medgar-evers-murdered/

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JUNE 12, 1956: PAUL ROBESON TESTIFIES BEFORE HUAC

Paul Robeson testified before the House Committee on Un-American Activities, where he was questioned about his political speech, associations, and party affiliation.

https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/paul-robeson-testifies-before-huac/

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JUNE 12, 1937: OLIVER LAW BECAME BRIGADE COMMANDER

Oliver Law became first Black commander of a U.S. army, the integrated Abraham Lincoln Brigade.

https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/law-oliver/

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JUNE 11, 2002: AFRICAN AMERICAN RESIDENTS IN LOUISIANA WIN THEIR FIGHT AGAINST SHELL OIL

African American residents of Diamond, Louisiana won their relocation fight with Shell Oil.

https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/black-residents-win-fight-against-shell/

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JUNE 11, 1965: CHICAGO SCHOOL BOYCOTT

More than 100,000 students stayed out of school to protest inequality and segregation in Chicago, Illinois.

https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/chicago-school-boycott/

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JUNE 11, 1962: STUDENTS FOR A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY ISSUE PORT HURON STATEMENT

Students for a Democratic Society held its founding convention in Michigan and issued the Port Huron Statement.

https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/sds-issue-port-huron-statement/

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JUNE 10, 2018: ANCESTRAL LAND RETURNED TO PONCA TRIBE

Along the “Trail of Tears” in Neligh, Nebraska, a farmer signed a deed to return ancestral land to the Ponca Tribe.

https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/ancestral-land-returned-to-ponca-tribe

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JUNE 10, 1966: BEN CHESTER WHITE MURDERED

Ben Chester White, caretaker on a farm, was brutally murdered by the Ku Klux Klan in Natchez, Mississippi.

https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/ben-chester-white-murdered/

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JUNE 9, 1964: BLOODY TUESDAY

Following months of protests to end segregation, Black residents of Tuscaloosa, Alabama were brutally attacked by police and the Klan inside the First African Baptist Church.

https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/bloody-tuesday/

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JUNE 9, 1954: JOSEPH WELCH CONFRONTS SEN. JOSEPH MCCARTHY

Joseph N. Welch confronted Sen. Joseph McCarthy about allegations of communists in the U.S. Army.

https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/welch-mccarthy/

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JUNE 8, 1966: BELTWAY MARCH TO PROTEST SEGREGATED HOUSING

On June 8, 1966, protesters with the Action Coordinating Committee to End Segregation in the Suburbs (ACCESS) took to the Washington, D.C. Beltway, starting at Georgia Avenue and marching for 66 miles over four days to protest housing segregation in the D.C. suburbs.

The marchers were met with angry motorists and counter-protesters who supported the status quo.

https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/beltway-march/

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JUNE 8, 1961: FREEDOM RIDERS ARRESTED

Freedom Riders traveling from New Orleans, Louisiana to Jackson, Mississippi were arrested in 1961.

https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/freedom-riders-arrested/

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JUNE 7, 1892: HOMER PLESSY ARRESTED FOR VIOLATING LOUISIANA’S SEPARATE CAR ACT

Homer Plessy was arrested for violating Louisiana’s Separate Car Act.

https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/homer-plessy-arrested/

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JUNE 6, 1966: JAMES MEREDITH AND THE MARCH AGAINST FEAR

Air Force veteran James Meredith began the March Against Fear from Memphis, Tennessee to Jackson, Mississippi.

https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/march-against-fear/

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JUNE 6, 1730: REVOLT ON THE LITTLE GEORGE

Approximately ninety-six Africans held captive on the British slave ship Little George revolted against the ship’s captain and crew, eventually taking control of the entire ship.

https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/revolt-on-the-little-george/