Helping to inspire the later #MontgomeryBusBoycott, a similar action began on #ThisDayInHistory in 1953. The #BatonRougeBusBoycott came because of a #strike by white bus drivers to keep the service #segregated. The city compromised and made most seating first-come, first-served.
The #StAugustineSwimIn, a #desegregation action on #ThisDayInHistory in 1964, saw #Black & white protesters enter a #segregated public swimming pool in #StAugustine, #Florida. The owner actually dumped acid into a filled pool and got away with it. The cops only arrested swimmers.

When most people think of Apartheid, history of South #Africa comes to mind where people were #segregated according to colour of their skin, with White people having more rights than Black South Africans, or those of mixed race

In 21st century Israel runs an Apartheid system where Israeli #Jews have more rights than #Muslim or #Christian Palestinians

- Even if they are #citizens of #Israel, equality they do not have. This #inequality extends into the legal system

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People seldom hear how a #California #Latino family (#PuertoRican & #Mexican) set key legal precedent for #BrownVBoardOfEd. On #ThisDayInHistory in 1946, they won their case, #MendezVWestminster, shutting down CA's #segregated school system that kept white & Hispanic kids apart.

#missouri #unitedstates #westplains - Avenue Theatre: The Avenue Theatre in downtown West Plains has been host to many strange events. Built in 1950 as a . . . Read: https://hauntedlineage.com/directory/avenue-theatre

#baby #cry #curtainsmove #objectsmove #segregated

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The Avenue Theatre in downtown West Plains has been host to many strange events. Built in 1950 as a movie theater, it has a balcony section that was

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#RESIST! #NAACP Sues #DepartmentOfEducation Over #DEI Rollbacks: Here's What To Know

The nation's oldest #CivilRights group says the Trump administration’s rollback of diversity and inclusion programs is unconstitutional and disproportionately harms #BlackStudents.

April 19, 2025

"The NAACP is suing the U.S. Department of Education over recent efforts to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs in schools. In a federal complaint filed in Washington, D.C., the organization alleges that the Department of Education’s recent directives are unconstitutional and discriminatory—particularly for Black students.

"The complaint faults the administration for targeting programs that offer '#truthful, #inclusive curricula,' as well as policies that expand access to selective educational opportunities for #BlackAmericans and foster belonging while addressing #racism in schools.

"The NAACP argues that the Department’s recent actions 'advance a misinterpretation' of federal civil rights laws and Supreme Court precedent—actions that, according to the group, violate its members’ rights to equal protection and to be free from viewpoint discrimination under the #USConstitution.

"NAACP President Derrick Johnson criticized the move, stating that the administration is 'effectively sanctioning' the very discrimination that U.S. civil rights laws were designed to prevent

" 'The Department of Education, tasked with a responsibility to protect the civil rights of all children, has instead claimed #SystemicRacism doesn’t exist — effectively sanctioning the very discrimination that our civil rights laws were designed to prevent while children of color consistently attend #segregated, chronically underfunded schools where they receive less educational opportunities and more discipline,' said Johnson."

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https://www.essence.com/news/naacp-sues-department-of-education-over-dei/?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us

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NAACP Sues Department Of Education Over DEI Rollbacks: Here’s What To Know

The nation's oldest civil rights group says the Trump administration’s rollback of diversity and inclusion programs is unconstitutional and disproportionately harms Black students.

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@BusinessInsider @military-defense-BusinessInsider I need. Many of our fathers shed blood and dodged bullets for this country. And let it not be forgotten that many units in our armed forces were #segregated during World War II!
Inside a Jim Crow asylum

Antonia Hylton explores the story of Crownsville Hospital, one of the last segregated asylums in the USA

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“When whole groups of people become #segregated from others in our society, it weakens the fabric of our democracy. Distance and segregation are breeding grounds for failures of understanding and empathy and ultimately injustice and the denial of others’ rights.”
(from "Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist" by Judith Heumann, Kristen Joiner): https://a.co/7tabqYF
Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist (English Edition)

Über Kindle geteiltes Zitat: "When whole groups of people become segregated from others in our society, it weakens the fabric of our democracy. Distance and segregation are breeding grounds for failures of understanding and empathy and ultimately injustice ...

This story is a fragment of the broader #history of a substantial #AsianCanadian population in #qathet, as evidenced by the 1921 & 1931 #Census data. Companies like #PacificLimeCompany on #TexadaIsland & various lumber camps from #Stillwater to #Lund employed #Asian #Canadian labourers, often paying #Chinese men half the wages of their white counterparts.

#Segregated bunkhouses & employment of #ChineseServants by white households were common.

https://www.prpeak.com/in-the-community/asian-heritage-month-chinese-immigrants-have-history-in-qathet-8820561

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Asian Heritage Month: Chinese immigrants have history in qathet

Companies like the Pacific Lime Company on Texada Island and various lumber camps from Stillwater to Lund employed Asian-Canadian labourers

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