Category Archives: Justice Chronicles

Thomas Mundy Peterson becomes first black man in America to vote under the Fifteenth Amendment, which gave African American men the right to vote in all federal, state, and local elections. From the Equal Justice Initiative’s A History of Racial … Continue reading →

Reverend Isaac Simmons, a black man, is buried three days after he is murdered by six white men who wanted to steal his family’s land in Mississippi; his family is threatened and flees the county. From the Equal Justice Initiative’s … Continue reading →

Churches and synagogues nationwide keep their doors open all day in observance of a National Deliverance Day of Prayer to support the Montgomery bus boycott. From the Equal Justice Initiative’s A History of Racial Injustice – 2018 Calendar. “The Equal … Continue reading →

Delbert Tibbs, a black hitchhiker from Chicago, is indicted for capital murder of a white couple in Florida; he is wrongfully convicted by an all-white jury and spends two years on death row. From the Equal Justice Initiative’s A History … Continue reading →