#OTD #TDIH #April4, 1968: #MLKAssassination occurs in #MemphisTN. #MartinLutherKing #MartinLutherKingJr #MemphisSanitationStrike #AssassinationOfMartinLutherKingJr #MartinLutherKingJrAssassination #AntiWarSky #CivilRIghtsSky
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZm5...
#OTD #TDIH #March28, 1968, #MemphisSanitationStrike sabotaged, #PoliceRiot on protesters killing #LarryPayne.
#March28Riot #IAmAMan #MLK #JamesLawson #SCLC #AFSCME #NAACP #Memphis #MLKAssassination #IHaveADream #CivilRightsSky
#CivilRightsMovment www.youtube.com/watch?v=hu51...
#JCKaelin: This is the high water mark of the classic Civil Rights era -- and what a mark!
#OTD #TDIH #March25, 1965 #ThirdSelmaToMontgomeryMarch concludes with #HowLongNotLongSpeech #MartinLutherKing #MLK #OurGodIsMarchingOnSpeech #CivilRightsSky
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-2c...
#OTD #TDIH #March25, 1931 #ScottsboroBoys arrested in #Alabama for #FalseAccusationOfRape.
#AfricanAmericans #BlackAmericans #Racism #MiscarriagesOfJustice #CapitalPunishment #CPUSA #NAACP #SCOTUS #Pardons #Rape #AllWhiteJuries #BlackCivilRights #CivilRightsSky
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottsb...
#OTD #TDIH #March21, 1965: The #SelmaToMontgomeryMarches: The #ThirdSelmaToMontgomeryMarch: #MartinLutherKingJr after 2 failed tries leads 3,200 people across the #EdmundPettusBridge & begins the #MarchOnSelma from #SelmaAL to #MontgomeryAL.
#SNCC #SCLC #CORE #CivilRightsSky
#OTD #TDIH #March21: Happy #HarmonyDay! #RacialUnity #RadialDiversity #BrotherlyAndSisterlyLove #AntiRacism #WorldDays #CivilRightsSky #MusicSky #TVSky #CommercialSky
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KW9c...
#OTD #TDIH #March21: Happy #HarmonyDay! #RacialUnity #RadialDiversity #BrotherlyAndSisterlyLove #AntiRacism #WorldDays #CivilRightsSky
nationaltoday.com/harmony-day/
#OTD #TDIH #March20, 1852: #FirstPublications: #UncleTom'sCabin by #HarrietBeecherStowe #Literature #AmericanLiterature #Slavery #SlaveryInTheUS #AntiSlavery #Abolitionism #BookSky #CivilRightsSky
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncle_T...
#OTD #TDIH #March17, 1912: #HBD #BayardRustin! #Activists #FreedomRiders #Nonviolence #AfricanAmericans #Gays #PresidentialMedalOfFreedomRecipients #MarchOnWashingtonMovement #CivilRights #CivilRightsMovement #GayRights #Gay #WeaponOfLove #CivilRightsSky
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayard_...
![Special Message to the Congress: The American Promise [on the Voting Rights Act], 3/15/65. MP506.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:m2szet5p3cdwoimr7ah7jb3g/bafkreieqaj5gxu7uhw3kpn73yqctk5ka4blewskioztwl2fvdcl6lo2ple)
#OTD #TDIH #March15, 1965: The #SelmaToMontgomeryMarches: #LyndonBJohnson responds to the #SelmaCrisis & appropriates " #WeshallOvercome " to advocate for the #VotingRightsActOf1965; #MartinLutherKing cries when he hears it. #MarchOnSelma #SelmaAlabama #CivlRightsMovement #CivilRightsSky
#OTD #TDIH #March14, 1977: #RIP #FannieLouHamer. #CivilRightsMovement #AfricanAmericanCivilRightsMovement #AntiRacism #AmericanCivilRightsMovement #FreedomSummer #SNCC #MFDP #MississippiFreedomDemocraticParty #CivilRightsSky
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rf8o...
#OTD #TDIH #March12, 1932: #BOTD: #HBD #AndrewYoung! #AfricanAmericans #UN #CivilRights #SCLC #MartinLutherKingJr #MLK #BlackTheology #BlackLiberationTheology #CivilRightsSky
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_...
#OTD #TDIH #March10, 1913: #RIP #HarrietTubman. #Abolitionists #UndergroundRailroad #AfricanAmericans #Slavery #AmericanCivilWar #WomensSuffrage #WomensRights #CivilRights #CivilRightsSky
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriet...
#OTD #TDIH #March7, 1965: #SelmaToMontgomeryMarches: #BloodySunday: #CivilRights marchers led by #SNCC's #JohnLewis & #SCLC's #HoseaWilliams are attacked by #AlabamaStateTroopers & #SelmaPolice at the #EdmundPettusBridge. #CivilRightsSky
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBCT...
One of the #GreatestPeople the world has produced!
#OTD #TDIH #February23, 1868. #BOTD: #HBD #WEBDuBois! #AfricanAmericans #Geniuses #Sociologists #Historians #Activists #Writers #Freemasons #CivilRights #NAACP #NiagaraMovement #CivilRightsSky
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._E._B...
#OTD #TDIH #February22, 1956: 80 #MontgomeryBusBoycott participants arrested after white city leaders' ultimatum, including #MartinLutherKingJr and #RosaParks. #CivilRightsSky #BlackSky
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montgom...
( #JCKaelin here: His mosque & family thanked me before #BettyShabazz died for my work on him ❤️)
#OTD #TDIH #February21, 1965 #RIP #MalcolmX. #ElHajjMalikElShabazz #MalcolmXAssassination #CivilRights #BlackNationalism #Muslims #AfricanAmericans #Activists #CivilRightsSky #BlackSky
( #JCKaelin here: #HappyBirthday to an excellent man & kind supporter of me personally, you're well missed ❤️)
#OTD #TDIH #February21, 1940 ##HBD #JohnLewis! #JohnLewisCivilRightsLeader #CivilRightsMovement #SNCC #FreedomRiders #CORE #USCongressmen #BigSix #Big6 #CivilRightsSky #BlackSky
#OTD #TDIH #February13, 1960: The #NashvilleSitIns begin. #SitIns #Segregation #DirectAction #RacialSegregation #CivilRights #Nonviolence #CivilDisobedience #Nashville #CivilRightsSky
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nashvil...
( #JCKaelin here: One of the greatest events in #WorldHistory.)
#OTD #TDIH #February12, 1968: The #MemphisSanitationStrike begins. #IAmAMan #AFSCME #NAACP #MemphisTennessee #Discrimination #Segregation #CivilRights #Strikes #MartinLutherKing #CivilRightsSky
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memphis...
Dr. Dey is a conscientious and industrious young physician who I met through @womeninmedicine.bsky.social where she demonstrated excellent leadership skills as part of their conference team. She would absolutely be an asset to any organization with whom she works.
#CivilRightsSky #ReproRightsSky?
