Pandemic Photo O’ Day 119

1929 – White mobs threaten black residents of North Platte, Nebraska, causing 200 people to flee their homes after a … More

Pandemic Video, Articles and Photo O’ Day 118

1887 – Investigation by grand jury in Hinds County, Mississippi finds that prisoners in the state’s convict leasing system are … More

2013 – Center for Investigative Reporting breaks story this week that the State of California improperly sterilized nearly 150 incarcerated … More

1860 – A half century after Congress banned importation of enslaved people, the ship Clotilda lands in Mobile, Alabama, as … More

1964 – Five days after passage of the Civil Rights Act, white men beat nine black boys for trying to … More

1919 – White people riot in African American neighborhood of Dublin, Georgia and leave two people dead, during nationwide violence … More

2016 – Baton Rouge, Louisiana, police officers shoot and kill Alton Sterling, a 37 year-old black man while he is … More

1910 – African-American boxer Jack Johnson defeats “Great White Hope Jim Jeffries in what is called the fight of the … More

1917 – Four days of attacks on African American in East St. Louis, Illinois, leave 200 dead and cause 6000 … More

1777 – Vermont becomes the first territory to abolish slavery, followed by New England territories north of Delaware that implement … More

1839 – Africans aboard the slave ship Amistad seize control and order crew to sail to Africa but arrive in … More

1829 – Cincinnati, Ohio, officials use laws to force black residents to leave city. June 30th It’s ON! Marble League … More

1958 – Bethel Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, pastored by civil rights activist Rev. Fred Shuttleworth, is bombed. June … More

1844– After slavery is declared illegal in Oregon, the state this week passes first laws prohibiting black people from residing … More

1973 – Two young black girls, Minnie (14) and Mary Alice Reif (12), sue health clinic in Montgomery, Alabama, for … More

1959 – Prince Edward County, Virginia, avoids integration by closing public schools for years. 2011 – White teens kill James … More

What were you doing on Sunday, February 16, 2020? Here’s what The Week thought you should know on that day … More

2013 – This week, Kimberly McCarthy becomes the 500th person executed by the State of Texas since 1972; more than … More

1855 – Celia, a 19 year-old enslaved black woman whose white “owner” repeatedly raped her, kills him during an attempted … More

Before reflection on this milestone day, a follow up about yesterday’s photo of the empty seats at POTUS#45’s rally in … More