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Mountain Uprising: Afro-Puerto Ricans Strike for Freedom
On the night of September 23, 1868, hundreds of Puerto Rican rebels gathered in the mountain town of Lares. Many were Afro-Puerto Ricans and formerly enslaved people who had endured centuries under Spanish colonial rule....
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1Historical Events
10- 1868 The Grito de Lares occurs in Puerto Rico against Spanish rule. Puerto Rico
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Ethiopian forces under Ras Alula defeat Mahdist Sudanese forces in the battle of Kufit. -
An all-white jury in Mississippi finds Roy Bryant and J. W. Milam not guilty in the torture-murder of 14-year-old African American boy Emmett Till. -
An all-white jury in Mississippi acquits Roy Bryant and J. W. Milam in the torture-murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till.
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Little Rock schools integration crisis: President Dwight D. Eisenhower sends the 101st Airborne Division to Little Rock, Arkansas, and federalizes the Arkansas National Guard, ordering both to support the integration of Little Rock Central High School. -
President Eisenhower sends the 101st Airborne Division to Little Rock, Arkansas to enforce integration of Central High School.
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U.S. President John F. Kennedy nominates African American civil rights lawyer Thurgood Marshall to the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, although pro-segregation Southern senators manage to delay his confirmation until September 11, 1962. -
President Kennedy nominates civil rights lawyer Thurgood Marshall to the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
- 2020 A grand jury in Kentucky declines to indict three police officers for the shooting death of Breonna Taylor in a drug raid gone wrong, leading to nationwide protests in the U.S. United States
- 2020 A Kentucky grand jury declines to indict officers in the shooting death of Breonna Taylor, sparking nationwide protests. United States
Famous Deaths
2- 2004 Over 3,000 people die in Haiti after Hurricane Jeanne produces massive flooding and mudslides. Haiti
- 2004 Over 3,000 people die in Haiti after Hurricane Jeanne causes massive flooding and mudslides. Haiti