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OCT. 4, 1864: NEW ORLEANS TRIBUNE LAUNCHED

The New Orleans Tribune was launched and published daily in French and English by Louis Charles Roudanez.

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OCT. 4, 1774: DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE FROM BRITAIN

Setting the stage for nearly 100 more declarations that would sweep through the Thirteen Colonies before the summer of 1776.

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OCT. 3, 1935: ETHIOPIA INVADED BY ITALY

Ethiopia was invaded by Fascist Italy under Benito Mussolini.

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OCT. 2, 1968: TLATELOLCO MASSACRE

Student demonstrators and other civilians were killed by the military and police in Mexico in advance of the 1968 Olympic Games.

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OCT. 2, 1937: PARSLEY MASSACRE

Under the orders of U.S.-backed Dominican dictator President Rafael Trujillo, the execution of more than 20,000 Haitians began in what is now known as the Parsley Massacre at Massacre River.

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OCT. 1, 1964: FREE SPEECH MOVEMENT

The Free Speech Movement was launched at UC–Berkeley.

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OCT. 1, 1851: THE JERRY RESCUE

Abolitionists freed a man captured under the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 in Syracuse, New York.

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SEPT. 30, 1919: ELAINE MASSACRE

Estimates range from 100-800 killed, and 67 survivors were indicted for inciting violence.

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SEPT. 29, 1951: “A CALL TO NEGRO WOMEN” SOJOURNERS FOR TRUTH AND JUSTICE

A decade before the March on Washington, a group of Black women known as the Sojourners for Truth and Justice gathered in Washington D.C. to advocate for their rights.

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SEPT. 29, 1943: LEWISBURG FEDERAL PENITENTIARY HUNGER STRIKE

Conscientious objectors began a hunger strike at Lewisburg Federal Penitentiary.

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SEPT. 29, 1877: CITY OF SANFORD INCORPORATED

Originally inhabited by Mayaca Indigenous communities and site of the Seminole Wars in the early-to-mid 1800s, the town of Sanford, Florida was incorporated during Reconstruction.

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SEPT. 29, 1841: FREDERICK DOUGLASS PROTESTS SEGREGATED TRAVEL

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SEPT. 28, 1919: THE OMAHA COURTHOUSE LYNCHING AND RIOT

A white mob of between 5,000 to 15,000 lynched African American Will Brown. The Army arrested mob ringleaders. Even though photographs identified them, all of the suspects were eventually released.

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SEPT 28, 1874: BATTLE OF PALO DURO CANYON

Encampments of Comanches, Kiowas, Kiowa Apaches, Cheyennes, and Arapahos were attacked by the U.S. military.

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SEPT. 28, 1868: OPELOUSAS MASSACRE

In response to the promotion of voter registration, a KKK-like group massacred hundreds of people, most of whom were African American.

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SEPT. 28, 1829: AN APPEAL TO THE COLOURED CITIZENS OF THE WORLD

David Walker published An Appeal to the Coloured Citizens of the World, one of the most important documents of the 19th century.

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SEPT. 27, 1962: SILENT SPRING PUBLISHED

Silent Spring by Rachel Carson was published.

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SEPT. 26, 1909: INTERNATIONAL LADIES’ GARMENT WORKERS’ UNION STRIKE

Local 25 of the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union (ILGWU) declared a strike.

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SEPT. 25, 1970: NYU WEINSTEIN HALL OCCUPATION FOR LGBTQ+ RIGHTS

LGBTQ+ activists organized an occupation of NYU’s Weinstein Hall to protest the university’s discriminatory conduct against LGBTQ+ students and the local community.

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SEPT. 25, 1961: MURDER OF HERBERT LEE

Herbert Lee, a farmer who helped voting rights activists, was murdered by a Mississippi state legislator in broad daylight.

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