On August 4th 1964, the remains of three civil rights workers whose disappearance on June 21 garnered national attention were found buried in an earthen dam near Philadelphia, Mississippi. Michael Schwerner and Andrew Goodman, both white New Yorkers, had travelled to heavily segregated Mississippi in 1964 to help organise civil rights efforts on behalf of … Continue reading August 4 1964 Slain civil rights workers found
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Martin Luther King: ‘I Have A Dream’
Martin Luther King's famous speech, August 28th 1963: I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation. Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree … Continue reading Martin Luther King: ‘I Have A Dream’
April 4 1968 Martin Luther King Jr Assassinated
On April 4th 1968, just after 6 pm, Martin Luther King Jr was standing on the balcony outside his second-story room at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, when he was fatally shot. The civil rights leader was in Memphis to support a sanitation workers' strike and was on his way to dinner. A bullet struck him … Continue reading April 4 1968 Martin Luther King Jr Assassinated
March 25 1932 Scottsboro Case Verdict Announced
On March 25th 1932, the Supreme Court handed down its decision in the case of Powell v. Alabama. The case arose out of the infamous Scottsboro case. Nine young black men were arrested and accused of raping two white women on train in Alabama. The boys were fortunate to barely escaped a lynch mob sent … Continue reading March 25 1932 Scottsboro Case Verdict Announced
March 6 1857 Supreme Court Rules In Dred Scott Case
On March 6th 1857, the US Supreme Court handed down its decision on Sanford v Dred Scott, a case that intensified national divisions over the issue of slavery. In 1834, Dred Scott, a slave, had been taken to Illinois, a free state, and then Wisconsin territory, where the Missouri Compromise of 1820 prohibited slavery. Scott … Continue reading March 6 1857 Supreme Court Rules In Dred Scott Case
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