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#tdih 1891 Coal Creek War labor uprising in Tenn. to protest convict leasing.

Later, Brushy Mtn. State Pen. inmates were forced to mine coal for state.

Mine mouth opened within prison walls, coal was shipped via convict-built railroad spur. #TeachTruth

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Oct. 31, 1891: Coal Creek War
A labor uprising to protest convict leasing led to the Coal Creek War.
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October 31, 2026 at 11:42 AM
#tdih 1920 When told the names absent from voter rolls, Mose Norman said, “We will vote, by God!”

After attempting legal and democratic right to vote, at least 50 African Americans were murdered in Ocoee (Florida) Massacre. 💔 #Terrorism

📷J. Perry. ⬇️🧵
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Nov. 2, 1920: The Ocoee Massacre
More than fifty African Americans killed in the Ocoee Massacre after going to vote in Florida.
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November 2, 2026 at 4:30 PM
#tdih 1890, Mississippi adopted new constitution with poll tax and arbitrary literacy tests to end Reconstruction progress 💔 for African Americans.

Precedent for other states.

See SNCC's 1964 Mississippi: Subversion of Right to Vote ⬇️ 🧵 #TeachReconstruction
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Nov. 1, 1890: Mississippi Constitution
Mississippi adopted a state constitution with poll tax and literacy tests to roll back the gains of the Reconstruction era.
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November 1, 2026 at 12:43 PM
#tdih 1969 Alexander v. Holmes City Supreme Court ruling on desegregation.

Charles Hamilton Houston strategically paved the way for many legal victories of the Civil Rights Movement. 🧵

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October 29, 2026 at 3:34 PM
When the Allied armies liberated the Nazi death camps, some allied generals found that thousands of queer and trans people were among the condemned people there.

The generals left them there to die.

I'm not joking.

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April 29, 1945: Liberation of Dachau Concentration Camp, Except LGBTQ+ Prisoners
When U.S. forces liberated the Dachau concentration camp in Germany, some of those interned for homosexuality were not freed but rather were required to serve out the full term of the sentences they h...
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October 30, 2026 at 2:01 AM
#tdih 1964, U.S. officials denied any involvement in the bombing of North Vietnam.

This was one of many lies told by the U.S. government throughout the decades-long war.

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Oct. 28, 1964: U.S. Officials Deny Bombing North Vietnam
U.S. officials denied any involvement in the bombing of North Vietnam.
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October 28, 2026 at 5:30 PM