Five Black men were arrested for staging a peaceful sit-in at the Alexandria “public” library that denied access to African Americans, making this the anniversary of one of the earliest instances of this form of non-violent protest that became popular in the mid-20th century.
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Nathaniel Turner launched one of the most historic revolts to end enslavement.
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Jonathan Myrick Daniels was shot dead in broad daylight in Lowndes County after being released from jail for picketing stores that denied entry to African Americans.
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On or about Aug. 20, 1619, the documented arrival of Africans—stolen from their homelands and brought to British North America—occurred at Point Comfort.
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Clara Luper and the NAACP Youth Council began sit-ins to desegregate lunch counters.
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Democratically elected Iranian Premier Mohammad Mossadegh was removed from power in a coup.
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Anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko was arrested at a police roadblock in South Africa.
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This was the largest uprising of the enslaved against their British overseers in Guyana. The uprising was ended after a few days, though it served as a catalyst for the abolition of slavery in British colonies soon thereafter.
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Two striking United Farm Workers (UFW) were killed on Aug. 15 and 17, 1973, while picketing.
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Paul Robeson lost his court appeal to have the U.S. State Department grant him a passport.
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Nine volunteers were arrested for sharing food and literature at Golden Gate Park.
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Joan Little used deadly force to resist sexual assault and was the first to successfully defend herself in court leading to acquittal.
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Eatonville, Florida is the oldest Black-incorporated municipality in the United States, incorporated toward the end of the Reconstruction era.
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White mobs in Cincinnati, Ohio, rioted for a week, assaulting the city’s Black residents and destroying their property .
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Freedom fighter Takiyah Thompson looped a bright yellow strap around the neck of a Durham, North Carolina monument to Confederate soldiers, and a crowd of other activists pulled it down, inspiring other communities to take direct action in removing public symbols that glorify white supremacy, and to raise up new stories that celebrate all people.
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Due to the results of the strength of organized labor and other mass movements of the 1930s, the Social Security Act was passed.
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This massacre was committed against African Americans by a mob of about 5,000 white people in Springfield, Illinois.
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Lamar Smith, 63-year-old farmer and WWI veteran, was shot dead in Brookhaven, Mississippi, for urging African Americans to vote.
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A group of more than 150 ministers from Washington, D.C. wrote to President William Taft about the Slocum Massacre.
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The constitutional climate case Juliana v. United States was filed by 21 youth against the U.S. government. The defendants said that the government's policies are causing catastrophic climate change and constitute a violation of their constitutional rights to life, liberty, and property.
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