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JUNE 17, 2015: CHARLESTON CHURCH MASSACRE
Nine African American churchgoers were gunned down inside a church in an act of white supremacist terrorism.
https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/charleston-church-massacre/
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JUNE 17, 1965: PROTEST FOR VOTING RIGHTS IN JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI
Five-year-old Anthony Quin and his mother and siblings protested against the election of five Mississippi Congressmen from districts where Black people were not allowed to vote. Refused admittance, they sat on the steps and police-instigated mayhem ensued.
https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/voting-rights-protest-jackson
Five-year-old Anthony Quin and his mother and siblings protested against the election of five Mississippi Congressmen from districts where Black people were not allowed to vote. Refused admittance, they sat on the steps and police-instigated mayhem ensued.
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JUNE 16, 1976: SOWETO UPRISING
Student-led protests in South Africa that began in response to the introduction of Afrikaans as the medium of instruction in local schools.
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JUNE 16, 1918: EUGENE V. DEBS SPEECH AGAINST WWI
Eugene V. Debs made his famous anti-war speech protesting World War I, which was raging in Europe at the time.
https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/eugene-v-debs-speech-wwi/
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JUNE 15, 1982: PLYLER V. DOE SUPREME COURT DECISION
Striking down a Texas state law, the Supreme Court ruled that “all children, regardless of immigration status, have a constitutional right to a free public education from kindergarten to 12th grade.”
https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/plyler-v-doe-decision/
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JUNE 15, 1955: PROTEST OF NUCLEAR ATTACK DRILLS
When the Civil Defense Administration attempted to hold a drill simulating a nuclear attack, 27 activists in New York refused to take cover. They handed out pamphlets reading: “We will not obey this order to pretend, to evacuate, to hide... We refuse to cooperate.”
https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/nuclear-attack-drill-protest
When the Civil Defense Administration attempted to hold a drill simulating a nuclear attack, 27 activists in New York refused to take cover. They handed out pamphlets reading: “We will not obey this order to pretend, to evacuate, to hide... We refuse to cooperate.”
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JUNE 14, 2001: U.S. ENDS BOMBING EXERCISES IN PUERTO RICO
After decades of protests from activists, the United States announced the end to its bombing exercises in Vieques, Puerto Rico.
https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/us-ends-bombing-exercises/
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JUNE 14, 1943: SUPREME COURT FINDS COMPULSORY FLAG SALUTES UNCONSTITUTIONAL
On Flag Day 1943, the Supreme Court invalidated a compulsory flag salute law in public schools and established that students possess some level of First Amendment rights.
But forced birth is cool...
https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/compulsory-flag-salutes-unconstitutional/
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JUNE 13, 1866: 14TH AMENDMENT PASSED
The 14th Amendment to the constitution was passed, granting citizenship to “all persons born or naturalized in the United States.”
https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/fourteenth-amendment-passed/
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JUNE 12, 2016: PULSE NIGHTCLUB MASSACRE
During a “Latin Night” at the gay nightclub Pulse in Orlando, Florida, a gunman shot and killed 49 people and wounded 53 more in the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history at the time.
https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/pulse-nightclub-massacre/
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