#toweri — Public Fediverse posts
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#OTD in 1870, Hiram Rhodes Revels became the first African-American to be seated in the US Congress. While there, he fought for the end of segregation in DC schools, the cooling of post-Civil War animosity, and the rights of Black workers in the Navy Yard. Rhodes went on to become the first president of Alcorn State University, the first Black land-grant university.
Today's art is by Theodor Kaufmann: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiram_Rhodes_Revels#/media/File:Senator_H._R._Revels_(Boston_Public_Library).jpg
#history #BlackHistoryMonth #reconstruction #USA #ToWeRi #Feb25
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The People Power Revolution began #OTD in 1986. After dictator Ferdinand Marcos claimed an illegitimate victory in elections held a few weeks earlier, the military attempted a coup, and the civilian population engaged in mass demonstrations. They managed to topple the Marcos regime, install a democratic government, and enact a new constitution.
Today's art is by Angel C. Cacnio:
https://naquem.blogspot.com/2015/03/siningsaysay-time-travel-into.html#history #Philippines #art #democracy #PeoplePower #revolution #ToWeRi #Feb22
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William Morales was born #OTD in 1950. After college he became involved in the Armed Forces of National Liberation (FALN), which took direct action in support of Puerto Rican independence. With FALN, he helped with as many as 50 bombings, but ended up accidentally blowing up his own hands, getting arrested, escaping jail, and fleeing to Cuba.
Today's art is called "William Morales, Patron of Prison Breaks":
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Harry Haywood was born #OTD in 1898. His 1948 book, “Negro Liberation,” was the first major study of the condition of Black folks written by a Black Marxist. Within the Communist Party USA, and throughout his life, he argued that Black folks in the South made up an oppressed nation, with the right to self-determination up to and including secession.
Today’s art is by Hugo Gellert: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Communist-Party-USA-National-Black-Liberation-Commission-New-Metal-Sign-Racism-/154293702220
#history #BlackHistoryMonth #USA #CPUSA #communism #BlackLiberation #ToWeRi #Feb4
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#OTD in 1932, during the Great Depression, around 1,000 Bronx residents harassed and fought marshals and the police in an attempt to prevent the eviction of 3 tenants. Together with similar actions in New York City throughout the early months of 1932, roughly 77,000 tenants were spared from eviction.
Today’s art can be found here: https://www.jonathansri.com/antievictiondirectaction
...and you can learn more here: https://libcom.org/article/unemployed-workers-movement-frances-fox-piven-and-richard-cloward
#history #TenantOrganizing #NYC #UnitedStates #GreatDepression #ToWeRi #Feb2
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#OTD in 1932, during the Great Depression, around 1,000 Bronx residents harassed and fought marshals and the police in an attempt to prevent the eviction of 3 tenants. Together with similar actions in New York City throughout the early months of 1932, roughly 77,000 tenants were spared from eviction.
Today’s art can be found here: https://www.jonathansri.com/antievictiondirectaction
...and you can learn more here: https://libcom.org/article/unemployed-workers-movement-frances-fox-piven-and-richard-cloward
#history #TenantOrganizing #NYC #UnitedStates #GreatDepression #ToWeRi #Feb2
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#OTD in 1932, during the Great Depression, around 1,000 Bronx residents harassed and fought marshals and the police in an attempt to prevent the eviction of 3 tenants. Together with similar actions in New York City throughout the early months of 1932, roughly 77,000 tenants were spared from eviction.
Today’s art can be found here: https://www.jonathansri.com/antievictiondirectaction
...and you can learn more here: https://libcom.org/article/unemployed-workers-movement-frances-fox-piven-and-richard-cloward
#history #TenantOrganizing #NYC #UnitedStates #GreatDepression #ToWeRi #Feb2
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In an attempt to spark a general uprising and thus topple the South Vietnamese government, the communist National Liberation Front launched the Tet Offensive #OTD in 1968. While failing to immediately accomplish their goal, this simultaneous bombardment of hundreds of towns and cities led to flagging US morale and helped invoke fear in the later incursions that won the war.
Today's art can be found here:
https://thecahokian.blogspot.com/2010/09/anti-american-art-taking-offensive.html#history #Vietnam #communism #TetOffensive #USA #ToWeRi #Jan30
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The Human Be-In happened in San Francisco #OTD in 1967, a prelude to the Summer of Love. It was a psychedelic interpretation of leftist teach-ins and sit-ins, and it was attended by (among others) the Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Allen Ginsberg, Ram Dass, and Timothy Leary, whose phrase "Turn on, tune in, drop out" was popularized due to the event.
Today's art and photo can be found here: https://www.foundsf.org/index.php?title=Human_Be-In,_1967
#history #hippies #USA #TimothyLeary #ToWeRi #Jan14
CW: (third) eye contact
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#OTD Genovevo de la O was born in 1876. He became a general in the Mexican Revolution, helping secure the capitol city for the rebels. Even before the revolution, he fought against the encroachments of a neighboring hacienda in his town, against deforestation, and against land dispossession. You can find the source of today's art here:
https://carlosdavid.org/personaeii/
...plus a video about the piece here:
https://vid.puffyan.us/watch?v=SjpZKv2T2o0
#history #Mexico #revolution #GenovevoDeLaO #Jan3 #ToWeRi