On this day in 1865, Confederate soldiers hanged Amy Spain, a young Black woman, on the courthouse lawn in Darlington, South Carolina. Accused of “treason and conduct unbecoming a slave,” Amy was killed just weeks before the end of the Civil War. To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history.
On this day in 1892, a white mob stormed the Memphis jail, seized three Black men held inside, and brutally lynched them without trial. The Black men had opened a grocery store earlier that year, threatening the racial order by forcing white business owners to compete. To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history.
EJI recently partnered with the Irondale Memorial Project and JCMP: Jefferson County Memorial Project to unveil a historical marker memorializing William Wardley, a Black man lynched in 1896. A white mob lynched Mr. Wardley after he tried to buy apples from a local grocery store and the merchant...
On this day in 1655, John Casor, a Black man enslaved in Virginia sued for his freedom arguing he had served past his contract as an indentured servant. The Court ruled he was enslaved for life. To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history.
On this day in 1965, Alabama law enforcement officials used billy clubs, whips, and tear gas to attack hundreds of civil rights activists beginning a peaceful march from Selma, Alabama, to the state capitol in Montgomery to demand voting rights for Black Americans. To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history.
On this day in 1857, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Black people were not American citizens and could not sue in… https://t.co/LioCBeR7PY
On this day in 1959, twenty-one Black teenagers burned to death in a building fire at a segregated and neglected “r… https://t.co/92gYccGLRD
On this day in 1921, a white lynch mob hunting a Black man saw a different Black man walking down a road and killed… https://t.co/CoWY7vpUkY
On this day in 1819, Congress allocated funds to "civilize" Native American people and force Native children to rep… https://t.co/Cm2K8bWOEg
On this day in 1948, white residents of Johnson County, GA, waged a terror campaign of violent intimidation to keep… https://t.co/AmRnWMshgy
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