On this day in 1903, several thousand white people lynched a Black man and attacked Black neighborhoods in Joplin, Missouri, burning homes and forcing every Black person to flee the city. calendar.eji.org/racial-injusti…

On this day in 1906, a white mob lynched Horace Duncan and Fred Coker, then lynched Will Allen the next day. All three men were innocent of any offense. calendar.eji.org/racial-injusti…

Too obvious perhaps to need saying:

Republicans don’t have a problem with non-citizens voting, since there are no non-citizens voting.

Republicans have a problem with black and brown citizens voting.

On this day in 1873, a mob of hundreds of armed white men attacked the Grant Parish courthouse in Colfax, Louisiana, killing an estimated 150 Black people, many of whom were trying to flee. calendar.eji.org/racial-injusti…

On this day in 1963, Bull Connor ordered dozens of people, including Dr. King, the Rev. Shuttlesworth, and the Rev. Abernathy, to be violently arrested during an anti-segregation march in Birmingham, AL. calendar.eji.org/racial-injusti…

On this day in 1913, President Woodrow Wilson authorized overt racial segregation in federal employment. Federal endorsement of Jim Crow policies was a significant blow to Black civil rights. calendar.eji.org/racial-injusti…

On this day in 1956, white men attacked Nat King Cole during a segregated performance in Birmingham, Alabama. calendar.eji.org/racial-injusti…

Total eclipse, Sherbrooke, Quebec. 'Diamond Effect' at bottom right of sun and Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks to top right. Note: it was a surprise to find the comet in the picture. I forgot to look because the eclipse was so mesmerizing. #SolarEclipse2024

On this day in 1927, the Ku Klux Klan held a 'revival' at a white Presbyterian church in Evergreen, Alabama, urging community members to join their efforts to uphold white supremacy. calendar.eji.org/racial-injusti…

On this day in 1911, a mine explosion near Birmingham, Alabama, killed 128 miners—nearly all were Black men forced to work as leased convicts. calendar.eji.org/racial-injusti…

On this day in 1939, world-renowned Black opera singer Marian Anderson was denied the use of indoor halls due to her race and performed outside the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. calendar.eji.org/racial-injusti…

On this day in 1892, a white mob in Virginia broke into a jail, removed a Black man from his cell as his small son pleaded with the mob, and lynched him on the courthouse lawn. calendar.eji.org/racial-injusti…

“In the 1830s the United States government forcibly removed the southeastern Native Americans from their homelands and relocated them on lands in Indian Territory (present day Oklahoma). This tragic event is referred to as the Trail of Tears. Over 10,000 Native Americans died…

Please join me in remembering the 10,000 Cherokee, Chickasaw, and Choctaw men, women and children who perished along the Trail of Tears. Thank you. 💔

On this day in 1880, three white cadets brutally assaulted Cadet Johnson C. Whittaker, one of the first Black students to attend the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. calendar.eji.org/racial-injusti…

On this day in 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was shot and killed while standing on a hotel balcony in Memphis. Dr. King was there supporting an economic protest by Black sanitation workers. calendar.eji.org/racial-injusti…

On this day in 1911, President William Howard Taft expelled Black soldiers from San Antonio, Texas, because local officials claimed they threatened “law and order” by protesting Jim Crow laws. calendar.eji.org/racial-injusti…

On this day in 1802, Georgia ceded its western territory, leading to the creation of two 'slave states' where hundreds of thousands of Black people would become enslaved. This further entrenched the power of the 'slave states' in the U.S. Congress. calendar.eji.org/racial-injusti…