1955 – Black WWII veteran Lamar Smith is shot and killed in front of the Brookhaven, Mississippi, courthouse for urging … More
Tag: Marbles
Pandemic – Marble League 2020 Update – Photo O’ Day 148
2014 – Eight days after graduating from high school, black teenager Michael Brown is shot and killed by a white … More
Pandemic – Marble League 2020 Update – Articles and Photo O’ Day 128
2015 – After discussing the need to protect Confederate memorials, North Carolina’s House passes bill requiring legislative approval to remove … More
Pandemic – Marble League 2020 Update – Articles and Photos O’ Day 126
1863 – The 54th Massachusetts Infantry, the nation’s first all-African American regiment, leads an attack on Confederate troops at Fort … More
Pandemic Marble League 2020 Update and Photo O’ Day 122
NOTE: I’m going to start including this countdown image as well b/c the gap between Election Day and 20 January … More
Pandemic Articles, Video, Marble League 2020 Update and Photo O’ Day 120
2012 – Report shows one of every 13 voting age African Americans is disenfranchised (four times more than non-black citizens); … More
Pandemic Articles, Video, Marble League 2020 Update and Photos O’ Day 113
2016 – Baton Rouge, Louisiana, police officers shoot and kill Alton Sterling, a 37 year-old black man while he is … More
Pandemic Marble League 2020 Update and Photos O’ Day 108
1829 – Cincinnati, Ohio, officials use laws to force black residents to leave city. June 30th It’s ON! Marble League … More
Pandemic Video and Photos O’ Day 97
If you read yesterday’s Pandemic Photo O’ post, you’ll know that safe, health-risk free competitive sports are back – in … More
Pandemic Articles, Videos and Photos O’ Day 96
Perhaps the most exciting part of this post is above, in the header. You may recall that I wrote about … More
Pandemic Photo and Videos O’ Day 66
Day double sixes on Monday (although I’m 2.5 hours into Tuesday now). Here’s a few relevant articles which caught my … More