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“We do not bend the knee. We do not surrender. We fight, until we win or die.” - Lynn Stahl, #AltGov
“Right is right, even if everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it.”
– William Penn
“We do not bend the knee. We do not surrender. We fight, until we win or die.” - Lynn Stahl, #AltGov
“Right is right, even if everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it.”
– William Penn
After getting past the angry white crowd to enter the school, Ruby arrived in her assigned classroom to find that she and the teacher were the only two people present; it would remain that way for the rest of the school year.
November 15, 2025 at 12:36 AM
After getting past the angry white crowd to enter the school, Ruby arrived in her assigned classroom to find that she and the teacher were the only two people present; it would remain that way for the rest of the school year.
She was escorted on her first day by four marshals as a hateful crowd screamed insults, terrible slurs and threats TO A SIX YEAR OLD CHILD.
November 15, 2025 at 12:35 AM
She was escorted on her first day by four marshals as a hateful crowd screamed insults, terrible slurs and threats TO A SIX YEAR OLD CHILD.
1960 - U.S. marshals and parents escorted four little girls to school at previously all-white schools in NewOrleans.
The most famous was little first grader Ruby Bridges.
The most famous was little first grader Ruby Bridges.
November 15, 2025 at 12:32 AM
1960 - U.S. marshals and parents escorted four little girls to school at previously all-white schools in NewOrleans.
The most famous was little first grader Ruby Bridges.
The most famous was little first grader Ruby Bridges.
Their fears eventually came true. Because that’s what happens when you have a majority.
With the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the majority-Black population of Tuskegee and Macon County gradually elected Black officials to most major local offices.
With the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the majority-Black population of Tuskegee and Macon County gradually elected Black officials to most major local offices.
November 15, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Their fears eventually came true. Because that’s what happens when you have a majority.
With the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the majority-Black population of Tuskegee and Macon County gradually elected Black officials to most major local offices.
With the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the majority-Black population of Tuskegee and Macon County gradually elected Black officials to most major local offices.
The Alabama legislature had passed Act 140 redefining the boundaries of the city of Tuskegee, in Macon County, to ensure that Black voters could not take control of the city.
November 15, 2025 at 12:28 AM
The Alabama legislature had passed Act 140 redefining the boundaries of the city of Tuskegee, in Macon County, to ensure that Black voters could not take control of the city.
1960 - The U.S. Supreme Court decided the case of Gomillion v. Lightfoot, establishing an important precedent in the voting rights of Black citizens.
November 15, 2025 at 12:27 AM
1960 - The U.S. Supreme Court decided the case of Gomillion v. Lightfoot, establishing an important precedent in the voting rights of Black citizens.
1950 - Lydia M. Holmes
of St. Augustine, patented several easily assembled wooden pull toys including a bird, a truck and dog.
of St. Augustine, patented several easily assembled wooden pull toys including a bird, a truck and dog.
November 15, 2025 at 12:26 AM
1950 - Lydia M. Holmes
of St. Augustine, patented several easily assembled wooden pull toys including a bird, a truck and dog.
of St. Augustine, patented several easily assembled wooden pull toys including a bird, a truck and dog.
The takedown was discovered last month but was not publicly revealed until an article appeared on CNN’s website.
November 14, 2025 at 11:52 PM
The takedown was discovered last month but was not publicly revealed until an article appeared on CNN’s website.
In March, the American Battlefield Commission, a small, little-known federal agency took down a display from the cemetery’s visitor center that commemorates the contributions of Black soldiers and highlighted the discrimination they faced.
November 14, 2025 at 11:49 PM
In March, the American Battlefield Commission, a small, little-known federal agency took down a display from the cemetery’s visitor center that commemorates the contributions of Black soldiers and highlighted the discrimination they faced.
2025 - A display about Black soldiers in World War II was removed from the largest America military cemeteries, in the village of Margraten, located in the southeastern part of the Netherlands.
November 14, 2025 at 11:45 PM
2025 - A display about Black soldiers in World War II was removed from the largest America military cemeteries, in the village of Margraten, located in the southeastern part of the Netherlands.
1999 - A jury in Belzoni, Miss., convicted three men of manslaughter in the April 12, 1970, killing of Rainey Pool, 54, a one-armed sharecropper. They were each given the maximum of 20 years behind bars.
November 14, 2025 at 11:41 PM
1999 - A jury in Belzoni, Miss., convicted three men of manslaughter in the April 12, 1970, killing of Rainey Pool, 54, a one-armed sharecropper. They were each given the maximum of 20 years behind bars.
Speaking from the pulpit, where in 1968 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his last sermon, Clinton urged the ministers to celebrate the King legacy and to continue to fight for the goals Dr. King had pursued until his assassination.
November 14, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Speaking from the pulpit, where in 1968 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his last sermon, Clinton urged the ministers to celebrate the King legacy and to continue to fight for the goals Dr. King had pursued until his assassination.
1993 - President Bill Clinton traveled to Memphis to address 5,000 Black ministers at the national headquarters of the Church of God in Christ.
November 14, 2025 at 11:39 PM
1993 - President Bill Clinton traveled to Memphis to address 5,000 Black ministers at the national headquarters of the Church of God in Christ.
1985 – New York Mets pitcher, Dwight Gooden, 20, won the Cy Young Award making him the youngest pitcher ever to win the prestigous award.
November 14, 2025 at 11:38 PM
1985 – New York Mets pitcher, Dwight Gooden, 20, won the Cy Young Award making him the youngest pitcher ever to win the prestigous award.
At two mass meetings, it was decided to call off the year-long bus boycott. Buses were integrated on December 21.
November 14, 2025 at 11:38 PM
At two mass meetings, it was decided to call off the year-long bus boycott. Buses were integrated on December 21.
1956 - The Supreme Court upheld lower court decision which banned segregation on city buses in Montgomery, Alabama. Federal injunctions prohibiting segregation on the buses were served on city, state and bus company officials.
November 14, 2025 at 11:37 PM
1956 - The Supreme Court upheld lower court decision which banned segregation on city buses in Montgomery, Alabama. Federal injunctions prohibiting segregation on the buses were served on city, state and bus company officials.
1951 – Famed ballerina Janet Collins becomes the first Black dancer to appear with the Metropolitan Opera Company in New York.
November 14, 2025 at 11:36 PM
1951 – Famed ballerina Janet Collins becomes the first Black dancer to appear with the Metropolitan Opera Company in New York.
1940 - The Supreme Court ruled in Hansberry v. Lee that whites cannot bar Black Americans from white neighborhoods.
November 14, 2025 at 11:36 PM
1940 - The Supreme Court ruled in Hansberry v. Lee that whites cannot bar Black Americans from white neighborhoods.
1913 – Daniel Hale Williams became a fellow of the American College of Surgeons.
November 14, 2025 at 11:35 PM
1913 – Daniel Hale Williams became a fellow of the American College of Surgeons.
1839 - The Liberty Party, the first antislavery political party, was organized at Warsaw, N.Y. Samuel Ringgold Ward and Henry Highland Garnet were among the earliest supporters of the new political departure.
November 14, 2025 at 11:35 PM
1839 - The Liberty Party, the first antislavery political party, was organized at Warsaw, N.Y. Samuel Ringgold Ward and Henry Highland Garnet were among the earliest supporters of the new political departure.
2025 - The US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau proposed narrowing civil rights-era anti-discrimination rules for the financial industry, specifically mentioning the 1974 Equal Credit Opportunity Act.
November 12, 2025 at 10:43 PM
2025 - The US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau proposed narrowing civil rights-era anti-discrimination rules for the financial industry, specifically mentioning the 1974 Equal Credit Opportunity Act.
1977 - Spingarn Medal was awarded to author Alexander P. Haley for his unsurpassed portrayal - the legendary story of an American of African descent in his novel “Roots.”
November 12, 2025 at 10:41 PM
1977 - Spingarn Medal was awarded to author Alexander P. Haley for his unsurpassed portrayal - the legendary story of an American of African descent in his novel “Roots.”
1977 – Ernest Nathan Morial was elected mayor of New Orleans.
November 12, 2025 at 10:40 PM
1977 – Ernest Nathan Morial was elected mayor of New Orleans.