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Monthly Archives: March 2018
This day in history – March 23, 1875
Tennessee passes laws authorizing racial discrimination in hotels, public transportation, and amusement parks. From the Equal Justice Initiative’s A History of Racial Injustice – 2018 Calendar. “The Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) is proud to present A History of Racial Injustice … Continue reading
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This day in history – March 22, 1901
White woman and black man are arrested in Atlanta, Georgia, for walking and talking together on the street. From the Equal Justice Initiative’s A History of Racial Injustice – 2018 Calendar. “The Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) is proud to present … Continue reading
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This day in history – March 21, 1981
After a Mobile, Alabama, jury acquits a black man of killing a white police officer, Ku Klux Klan members randomly kidnap and kill 19-year-old Michael Donald, a black man, and hang his body from a tree. From the Equal Justice … Continue reading
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This day in history – March 20, 1924
Virginia’s Eugenical Sterilization Act is signed into law and later becomes the model sterilization law for other states and for Nazi Germany. From the Equal Justice Initiative’s A History of Racial Injustice – 2018 Calendar. “The Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) … Continue reading
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This day in history – March 19, 1939
Lloyd Gaines, a black man, disappears months after U.S. Supreme Court orders him admitted to University of Missouri School of Law; family suspects he was murdered. From the Equal Justice Initiative’s A History of Racial Injustice – 2018 Calendar. “The … Continue reading
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This day in history – March 18, 1831
U.S. Supreme Court declares in Cherokee Nation v. State of Georgia that Indian tribes are “domestic dependent nations” whose relationship to the U.S. “resembles that of a ward to his guardian.” From the Equal Justice Initiative’s A History of Racial … Continue reading
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On this day in history – March 17, 1851
Southern physician Samuel Cartwright claims discovery of “Drapetomania,” a disease that makes African Americas want to run from slavery, and prescribes whipping and amputation as treatment. From the Equal Justice Initiative’s A History of Racial Injustice – 2018 Calendar. “The … Continue reading
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On this day in history – March 16, 1995
Mississippi legislature votes to ratify Thirteen Amendment, abolishing slavery, after having rejected it in 1865. From the Equal Justice Initiative’s A History of Racial Injustice – 2018 Calendar. “The Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) is proud to present A History of … Continue reading
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On this day in history – March 15, 1713
Tuscarora Indians withstand colonists’ siege of Fort Neoheroka in North Carolina Terrority for three weeks before most burn to death in fire that destroys fort; survivors join Iroquois tribe. From the Equal Justice Initiative’s A History of Racial Injustice – … Continue reading
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On this day in history – March 14, 2015
This week, protestors march after University of Oklahoma’s Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity is taped singing a song using the n-word and: “You can hang him from a tree, but he’ll never sign with me.” From the Equal Justice Initiative’s A … Continue reading
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