July 14, 1970: Young Lords Occupy Lincoln Hospital
The Young Lords occupied Lincoln Hospital’s major administrative building in response to deplorable treatment of people of color.
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July 14, 1969: Soccer War
In 1969, a brief war broke out between Honduras and El Salvador.
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July 13, 1863: New York City Draft Riots and Massacre
The New York City Draft Massacre (“Riots”) were the largest civil insurrection in U.S. history besides the Civil War itself. White mobs attacked the African American community — committing murder and burning homes and institutions (including an orphanage.)
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July 12, 1964: Henry Dee and Charles Moore Case
The bodies of Charles Eddie Moore and Henry Hezekiah Dee, were found in the Mississippi River. They had been tortured and murdered by the Klan two months earlier.
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July 12, 1917: The Bisbee Deportation
The Bisbee Deportation was the illegal deportation of more than 1,000 striking mine workers (IWW-led strike), their supporters, and citizen bystanders by 2,000 vigilantes.
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July 11, 1964: Lemuel Penn Killed
Athens-area Ku Klux Klan members shot and killed WWII veteran and DCPS assistant superintendent Lemuel Penn.
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July 11, 1954: First White Citizens’ Council Formed
White residents of Indianola, Mississippi, formed the first White Citizens’ Council to organize and carry out massive resistance to racial integration of public schools.
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July 11, 1951: Cicero Riot Over Housing Desegregation
Thousands of white people rioted after a young Black couple moved into an apartment in Cicero, Illinois, west of Chicago. They firebombed the building, overturned police cars, and threw stones at firefighters who tried to put out the fire.
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July 11, 1947: Anguilla Prison Massacre
A camp warden and guards shot dead seven prisoners being held at the Anguilla Prison in Georgia. The Anguilla Prison Massacre Quilt Project tells that story, drawing on records from the NAACP.
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July 11, 1905: The Niagara Movement
The Niagara Movement — starting as a conference of Black leaders in upstate New York — was formed, paving the way for the creation of the NAACP.
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July 11, 1892: Coeur d’Alene Idaho Miners Strike
Miners in Coeur d’Alene held a strike and took on the Pinkertons.
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July 10, 1985: Sinking of the Rainbow Warrior
Greenpeace’s Rainbow Warrior was bombed by two French agents and Dutch photographer Fernando Pereira was killed.
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July 10, 1972: Shirley Chisholm at Democratic National Convention
Shirley Chisholm was an historic candidate at the Democratic National Convention in Miami Beach. Chisholm was outspoken on behalf of civil rights legislation, the Equal Rights Amendment, and a minimum family income; she opposed wiretapping, domestic spying, and the Vietnam War.
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July 10, 1919: Beating of Samuel L. Jones and the Longview Riot
The Longview Riot is one example of white mob violence during the period known as “Red Summer.” Photo: Daniel Hoskins at gun repository required by U.S. Marshall to undermine African Americans’ ability to engage in self-defense.
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July 10, 1902: Nicolás Guillén Born
Cuban poet of social protest and a leader of the Afro-Cuban movement, Nicolás Guillén was born.
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July 9, 2020: Supreme Court Affirms Native Treaty Rights and Sovereignty
In a landmark decision, the Supreme Court ruled that the state did not have jurisdiction over crimes committed on Native reservations, affirming Indigenous treaty rights and sovereignty.
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July 9, 1868: 14th Amendment Adopted
The Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was adopted.
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July 8, 1876: Hamburg Massacre
During a clear sign of Reconstruction era voter suppression, a Black militia was accused of blocking a road and punished with the Hamburg Massacre.
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July 8, 1871: Mass Protest for Land Conservation in London
Determined to prevent the development of the local forest, Londoners protested to “Save The Forest” in an early instance of mass organizing for land conservation.
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