On this day in 1921, two Tarrant County Texas sheriffs shot David Bunn, a handcuffed Black man, as he fled from a white mob attempting to lynch him. The sheriffs faced no accountability for Mr. Bunn’s murder.

On this day in 1933, white ranchers shot three Mexican nationals who were among thousands participating in a strike over decreased pay. An all-white jury later acquitted the ranchers.

Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote a statement this week criticizing an Alabama trial judge's conduct during a capital trial.

On this day in 1893, a white mob lynched Bob Hudson, a Black man, in Weakley County, TN, after he defended his wife, who was targeted because she filed assault charges against a white man.

On this day in 1953, a Birmingham police commissioner banned an interracial All-Star baseball game organized by Jackie Robinson since it was a "mixed athletic event."

Through soil collections and deeply researched historical markers, our Community Remembrance Project honors lynching victims while building local knowledge and creating a physical landscape that more accurately reflects the truth about our history.

On this day in 1963, hundreds of Black Selma residents attempting to register to vote faced state and local officials using violence and intimidation tactics to deny them that right.

On this day in 2009, a Louisiana official withheld a marriage license from an interracial couple, claiming he did "not believe in mixing races in that way." He had denied marriage licenses to several interracial couples the previous two years.

On this day in 1920, a white mob lynched four innocent Black men named Fulton Smith, Ray Field, Ben Givens, and Sam Duncan in Macclenny, Florida. Days after, most of the Black community of Macclenny fled the area in fear of further violent attacks

On this day in 1949, members of the largest bridge association in the U.S. voted to exclude Black players from competitions.

A court in Tallahassee, Florida, found more than 100 Black students guilty of contempt of court after they were arrested for singing and clapping outside a “white-only” theater.

Montgomery Square, our newest Legacy Site, is on Montgomery Street, the very street where thousands of civil rights advocates marched the 54-mile journey from Selma to the Alabama Capitol to push for the right to vote in March 1965.

On this day in 1930, white neighbors attacked the Colorado home of seven Black women while they were inside. The women had recently integrated the area but were forced to flee and relocate after the attack.

These are not isolated incidents. Since 2018, Alabama has had multiple botched executions and three failed execution attempts.

The botched execution attempt of Ms. Pike is Tennessee's second in just five months. Tony Carruthers suffered a torturous botched execution attempt in Tennessee on May 21, 2026.

Christa Pike is in the hospital this morning after surviving the State of Tennessee’s botched attempt to execute her by lethal injection last night.

On this day in 1939, a Sampson County, North Carolina, sheriff arrested two Black people for helping a 21-year-old Black man named Andrew Troublefield avoid being lynched by a white mob of 500 people.