OCT. 11, 1972: D.C. JAIL UPRISING
An uprising took place at a Washington, D.C. jail to protest conditions.
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@democracymatters.bsky.socialOCT. 11, 1972: D.C. JAIL UPRISING
An uprising took place at a Washington, D.C. jail to protest conditions.
@democracymatters.bsky.socialOCT. 10, 1942: PETITION FROM ALEUT WOMEN
Aleut women from the Pribilof Islands Program wrote a petition about the dangerous incarceration camp conditions during World War II.
@democracymatters.bsky.socialOCT. 10, 1871: OCTAVIUS CATTO KILLED ON ELECTION DAY IN PHILADELPHIA
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Black educator, baseball player, and civil rights activist Octavius V. Catto was murdered by a white supremacist on election day.
@democracymatters.bsky.socialOCT. 9, 1967: CHE GUEVARA EXECUTED
Che Guevara was killed by U.S. military backed-Bolivian forces, working with the CIA.
@democracymatters.bsky.socialOCT. 9, 1912: THE LITTLE FALLS TEXTILE STRIKE BEGINS
@democracymatters.bsky.socialOCT. 8, 2004: WANGARI MAATHAI AWARDED THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE
Wangari Maathai was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her work on the environment and founded the Greenbelt Movement.
@democracymatters.bsky.socialOCT. 8, 1965: ENFORCEMENT OF CIVIL RIGHTS ACT CURTAILED IN CHICAGO SCHOOLS
Federal funds were quickly restored to Chicago public schools after they were withheld for segregation in schools, effectively curtailing enforcement of the Civil Rights Act in Chicago.
@everrevde.bsky.social“Don’t ever think that everything went right. It didn’t,” she acknowledged. “Many times there were failures. But we had to mull over those failures and work until we could get them ironed out.” - #SeptimaClark
@democracymatters.bsky.socialOCT. 7, 2001: UNITED STATES AND U.K. BEGAN WAR IN AFGHANISTAN
@democracymatters.bsky.socialOCT. 7, 1998: MATTHEW SHEPARD BEATEN AND LEFT TO DIE
Matthew Shepard, a gay student at the University of Wyoming, was beaten, robbed, and left to die.
@democracymatters.bsky.socialOCT. 7, 1974: 17-YEAR-OLD GARY TYLER BECOMES YOUNGEST ON U.S. DEATH ROW
At 17 years old, Gary Tyler entered Louisiana State Prison — commonly known as Angola — as the state’s youngest Death Row prisoner and remained there for 41 years before gaining his freedom.
@democracymatters.bsky.socialOCT. 7, 1873: HENRY E. HAYNE ACCEPTED AT USC MEDICAL SCHOOL
By 1875, Black men comprised the majority of the student body.
@democracymatters.bsky.socialOCT. 6, 1917: FANNIE LOU HAMER BORN
Mrs. Fannie Lou Hamer, a civil rights activist, was born in Montgomery County, Mississippi.
I LOVE this woman!
@democracymatters.bsky.socialOCT. 6, 1841: MAINE’S FIRST COLORED CONVENTION
The first Colored Convention in Maine was an opportunity for northern Black abolitionists to organize and strategize for racial justice and the freedom of those still enslaved throughout the South.
@democracymatters.bsky.socialOCT. 6, 1787: ABOLITIONIST DENOUNCES NEW U.S. CONSTITUTION
Connecticut abolitionist Samuel Hopkins wrote an essay denouncing the new U.S. Constitution for its hypocrisy in not renouncing slavery.
@democracymatters.bsky.socialOCT. 5, 1986: EUGENE HASENFUS CAPTURED DURING IRAN-CONTRA SCANDAL
The cover-up of the Iran-Contra scandal began to unravel when Eugene Hasenfus was captured by Nicaraguan troops.
@democracymatters.bsky.socialOCT. 4, 1961: BURGLUND HIGH SCHOOL WALKOUT
Burglund students walked out in response to the expulsions of their classmates and the murder of Herbert Lee.
@democracymatters.bsky.socialOCT. 4, 1864: NEW ORLEANS TRIBUNE LAUNCHED
The New Orleans Tribune was launched and published daily in French and English by Louis Charles Roudanez.
@democracymatters.bsky.socialOCT. 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.
@democracymatters.bsky.socialOCT. 3, 1935: ETHIOPIA INVADED BY ITALY
Ethiopia was invaded by Fascist Italy under Benito Mussolini.