Voting Rights Act of 1965
Don’t think you’ll make it that long Cawley if you don’t straighten out the current “administration” near perpetual attempted reboot of the civil war
#TDIH
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Don’t think you’ll make it that long Cawley if you don’t straighten out the current “administration” near perpetual attempted reboot of the civil war
#TDIH
“Christian”Nationalists kinda resurgence
“Christian”Nationalists kinda resurgence
Young people need to learn MORE, not less, people’s history to analyze current events & shape a more just future. Defend right to #TeachTruth
Young people need to learn MORE, not less, people’s history to analyze current events & shape a more just future. Defend right to #TeachTruth
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Learn more about the murder of Archbishop Óscar Romero and find resources for teaching about Central America at the link below.
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Learn more about the murder of Archbishop Óscar Romero and find resources for teaching about Central America at the link below.
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/ro...
On December 2 of that same year, three North American nuns and one layworker were raped, tortured, and killed. But the aid continued. During the 1980s, the U.S. sent an average of $1 million a day, primarily for the military.
On December 2 of that same year, three North American nuns and one layworker were raped, tortured, and killed. But the aid continued. During the 1980s, the U.S. sent an average of $1 million a day, primarily for the military.
This was soon after he had written to U.S. President Jimmy Carter warning that increased U.S. military aid would “undoubtedly sharpen the injustice and the political repression inflicted on the organized people, whose struggle has often been for their most basic human rights.”
This was soon after he had written to U.S. President Jimmy Carter warning that increased U.S. military aid would “undoubtedly sharpen the injustice and the political repression inflicted on the organized people, whose struggle has often been for their most basic human rights.”
I implore you, I beg you, I order you in the name of God: stop the repression." — Archbishop Óscar Romero
The day after this sermon, Salvadoran Archbishop Óscar Romero was assassinated while celebrating mass on #TDIH in 1980.
I implore you, I beg you, I order you in the name of God: stop the repression." — Archbishop Óscar Romero
The day after this sermon, Salvadoran Archbishop Óscar Romero was assassinated while celebrating mass on #TDIH in 1980.
"I would like to make a special appeal to the men of the National Guard, the police and the military. Brothers, you come from our own people. You are killing your own brother peasants. No one has to obey an immoral law.." — Archbishop Óscar Romero
"I would like to make a special appeal to the men of the National Guard, the police and the military. Brothers, you come from our own people. You are killing your own brother peasants. No one has to obey an immoral law.." — Archbishop Óscar Romero
Photo by William Cheney. Source Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
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Photo by William Cheney. Source Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
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📸: Left to right: Harriet Tubman; Gertie Davis (Tubman’s adopted daughter); Nelson Davis (Tubman’s husband); Lee Cheney; “Pop” Alexander; Walter Green; Sarah Parker (“Blind Auntie” Parker) and Dora Stewart (granddaughter of Tubman’s brother, John Stewart).
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📸: Left to right: Harriet Tubman; Gertie Davis (Tubman’s adopted daughter); Nelson Davis (Tubman’s husband); Lee Cheney; “Pop” Alexander; Walter Green; Sarah Parker (“Blind Auntie” Parker) and Dora Stewart (granddaughter of Tubman’s brother, John Stewart).
Larson notes that she was “the first American woman to lead an armed raid into enemy territory” as she guided Union troops up the Combahee River in SC to destroy Confederate stockpiles of weapons, food and cotton, and free more than 700 enslaved African Americans.
Larson notes that she was “the first American woman to lead an armed raid into enemy territory” as she guided Union troops up the Combahee River in SC to destroy Confederate stockpiles of weapons, food and cotton, and free more than 700 enslaved African Americans.
In all, says Larson, Tubman conducted about 13 rescues in which she led about 70 people enslaved on the Eastern Shore to freedom in the north, risking her own life and freedom each time. Tubman also served as a nurse, cook, scout and spy for federal forces during the Civil War,
In all, says Larson, Tubman conducted about 13 rescues in which she led about 70 people enslaved on the Eastern Shore to freedom in the north, risking her own life and freedom each time. Tubman also served as a nurse, cook, scout and spy for federal forces during the Civil War,
The successful plot involved Bowley surreptitiously outbidding everyone else and then spiriting away Kessiah and the children before the auctioneer could figure out he had been tricked.
The successful plot involved Bowley surreptitiously outbidding everyone else and then spiriting away Kessiah and the children before the auctioneer could figure out he had been tricked.
Tubman traveled to Baltimore and worked with Kessiah’s husband, a freed man named John Bowley, on a plan to liberate Kessiah and the children.
Tubman traveled to Baltimore and worked with Kessiah’s husband, a freed man named John Bowley, on a plan to liberate Kessiah and the children.
While in Philadelphia, Tubman learned that her niece, Kessiah Jolley, and Kessiah’s two young children, James Alfred and Araminta, were to be auctioned off at the Cambridge, Maryland courthouse.
While in Philadelphia, Tubman learned that her niece, Kessiah Jolley, and Kessiah’s two young children, James Alfred and Araminta, were to be auctioned off at the Cambridge, Maryland courthouse.
Tubman, who had escaped slavery on the Eastern Shore of Maryland in Sept. 1849, was living “nominally free” in Philadelphia, where she worked as a domestic and a cook but had to guard against slaveholder efforts to retrieve their so-called property from northern states
Tubman, who had escaped slavery on the Eastern Shore of Maryland in Sept. 1849, was living “nominally free” in Philadelphia, where she worked as a domestic and a cook but had to guard against slaveholder efforts to retrieve their so-called property from northern states
Abolitionist and suffragist Harriet Tubman, perhaps the most famous conductor for the Underground Railroad, engineered her first rescue mission in December of 1850. The exact date is unknown.
Abolitionist and suffragist Harriet Tubman, perhaps the most famous conductor for the Underground Railroad, engineered her first rescue mission in December of 1850. The exact date is unknown.
Pvt. Carlos Snodgrass, Pvt. Ira B. Davis, Pvt. James Divine, Pvt. Frank Johnson, Pvt. Rosley W. Young, and Pvt. Pat MacWharter.
On November 13, 2023, the Army Board for Correction of Military Records overturned the convictions of the 110 Black soldiers.
Pvt. Carlos Snodgrass, Pvt. Ira B. Davis, Pvt. James Divine, Pvt. Frank Johnson, Pvt. Rosley W. Young, and Pvt. Pat MacWharter.
On November 13, 2023, the Army Board for Correction of Military Records overturned the convictions of the 110 Black soldiers.
The 13 soldiers hanged on December 11 were: Sgt. William C. Nesbitt, Corp. Larsen J. Brown, Corp. James Wheatley, Corp. Jesse Moore, Corp. Charles W. Baltimore, Pvt. William Brackenridge, Pvt. Thomas C. Hawkins,
The 13 soldiers hanged on December 11 were: Sgt. William C. Nesbitt, Corp. Larsen J. Brown, Corp. James Wheatley, Corp. Jesse Moore, Corp. Charles W. Baltimore, Pvt. William Brackenridge, Pvt. Thomas C. Hawkins,