On this day in 1946, Maceo Snipes was lynched in Taylor County, Georgia, for voting in a recent election. His relatives later faced threats and fled the region in fear.
Jul. 18, 1946 | Black Veteran Maceo Snipes Fatally Shot After Voting in Georgia Primary
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July 18, 2026 at 1:07 PM
On this day in 1959, a white mob in Mississippi killed a Black man named Mack Charles Parker. No one was ever prosecuted.
Apr. 25, 1959 | White Mob Murders Mack Charles Parker In Mississippi
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April 25, 2026 at 1:55 PM
On this day in 1866, white police officers in Memphis, Tennessee, assaulted Black soldiers, setting off a wave of horrific violence against Black people that lasted several days.
Apr. 30, 1866 | White Police and Mobs Terrorize and Kill Black Residents in Memphis
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April 30, 2026 at 5:07 PM
On this day in 1877, President Rutherford B. Hayes withdrew federal troops from the last state house in the South, marking the end of Reconstruction.
Apr. 24, 1877 | President Withdraws Federal Troops From State Houses in South, Ending Reconstruction
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On this day in 1967, the Detroit Rebellion ended. During the conflict, at least 43 people, 33 of whom were Black, were killed—most at the hands of law enforcement.
Jul. 27, 1967 | Detroit Rebellion Leaves Dozens Dead, Most at the Hands of Law Enforcement
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On this day in 1940, a young Black man named Jesse Thornton was abducted and lynched in Alabama after he addressed a white Alabama police officer without the title "Mr.” No one was ever prosecuted for his death.
Jun. 21, 1940 | Black Man Lynched in Alabama for Failing to Call a White Man 'Mr.'
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On this day in 1904, a white judge ordered a Black mother to brutally whip her 15-year-old son in front of hundreds of white people in Lexington, Kentucky.
Jun. 13, 1904 | Black Mother Ordered by Judge to Participate in Beating of Her Teenage Son
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June 13, 2026 at 3:09 PM
On this day in 1862, U.S. forces hanged 38 Dakota men in Minnesota who had been involved in a war between Dakota people and white settlers that began after broken promises to deliver food to local tribes.
Dec. 26, 1862 | U.S. Government Hangs 38 Dakota Men in Minnesota
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December 27, 2025 at 12:45 PM
On this day in 1921, the Chicago Real Estate Board vowed to maintain residential segregation and voted to expel any member who sold property to Black people where white people lived.
May 4, 1921 | Chicago Real Estate Board Votes to Expel Members Who Sell to Black Families
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May 4, 2026 at 1:48 PM
On this day in 1863, the Confederacy declared that all "negroes or mulattoes, slave or free taken in arms" would be returned to authorities in the state and either re-enslaved or executed.
May 1, 1863 | Confederacy Authorizes Enslavement or Execution of Black Union Troops
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May 1, 2026 at 6:23 PM
On this day in 1963, law enforcement officers in Gadsden, Alabama, used electric cattle prods on and arrested over 450 Black protesters who were holding a sit-in to oppose segregation.
Jun. 18, 1963 | Officers in Gadsden, AL, Torture Civil Rights Protesters With Cattle Prods
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June 18, 2026 at 2:37 PM
On this day in 1899, a white mob in Lee County, Georgia, lynched a Black man named Mitchell Daniel for “talking too much” about the brutal lynching of another Black man days earlier.
Apr. 27, 1899 | White GA Mob Lynches Man for 'Talking Too Much' About Another Lynching
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April 27, 2026 at 1:18 PM
On this day in 1965, an all-white jury acquitted future Georgia Governor Lester Maddox of all charges after he threatened three Black students at gunpoint for trying to eat in his segregated restaurant.
Apr. 20, 1965 | Lester Maddox Threatens Black Students; All-White Jury Acquits Him
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April 20, 2026 at 1:57 PM
On this day in 1987, the Supreme Court rejected a Black man's argument that his death sentence was a product of discrimination. The Court upheld that racial bias in death sentencing is "an inevitable part of our criminal justice system."
Apr. 22, 1987 | Supreme Court Rules Racial Bias 'Inevitable' in Criminal Justice System
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April 22, 2026 at 1:23 PM
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.
Apr. 15, 1903 | White Mob Lynches Black Man; Forces Every Black Person Out of Joplin, MO
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April 15, 2026 at 1:02 PM
On this day in 1992, an all-white jury in California chose to acquit three of the four officers who violently beat Rodney King during a videotaped arrest. The jury could not agree on a verdict for the fourth officer.
Apr. 29, 1992 | All-White Jury Acquits Officers Who Beat Rodney King Despite Video Evidence
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April 29, 2026 at 1:10 PM
On this day in 1963, William Lewis Moore, a white man, was killed in Alabama as he was marching to Mississippi for civil rights.
Apr. 23, 1963 | Civil Rights Marcher Killed in Alabama
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April 23, 2026 at 1:02 PM
Ohio’s “Black Laws”—measures passed in the early 1800s to curtail Black immigration—codified white supremacy in the state. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7m6K...
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April 1, 2026 at 2:18 PM
On this day in 1954, Southern state officials met in Virginia and organized resistance to the Supreme Court's recent decision in Brown v. Board of Education striking down school segregation.
Jun. 10, 1954 | Southern Governors Organize Resistance to Racial Integration
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June 10, 2026 at 3:11 PM
On this day in 1866, a white mob that included many Confederate veterans attacked a group of Black people who were participating in a voting rights convention in New Orleans, killing dozens.
Jul. 30, 1866 | White Mob Attacks Black Voting Rights Convention in New Orleans
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On this day in 1963, nine years after the Supreme Court banned racial segregation in public schools, the University of North Alabama denied admission to Walter Gunn because he was Black.
Jul. 31, 1963 | Years After Brown Ruling, UNA Denies Black Student Admission Based on Race
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On this day in 1910, a white mob of hundreds massacred Black residents in Slocum, a majority-Black community in Texas.
Jul. 29, 1910 | White Mob Massacres Black Residents in Slocum, Texas
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On this day in 1940, NAACP leader and voting rights activist Elbert Williams was abducted and lynched by a group of white men, including the local sheriff, in Brownsville, Tennessee.
Jun. 20, 1940 | NAACP Leader Elbert Williams Lynched in Brownsville, Tennessee
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Feb. 28, 1942 | White Mobs Riot Against Racial Integration in Detroit
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Nov. 16, 1900 | Preston John Porter Jr., 15, Lynched in Limon, Colorado
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