MOVE
The Black liberation group was founded in 1972 by John Africa Sr. The group was known for its radical presence, and members protested for animal
Occurance Type: Oppression
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in-re-Ah-Yup
10 years after the adoption of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, Ah Yup, a native of China, petitioned to become a citizen
Taft-Katsura Memorandum
An agreement between the United States, under President Roosevelt, and the US Secretary of War, Howard Taft, and the Japanese Prime Minister, Count Katsura Taro.
No Gun RI Massacre
Recently declassified documents of the United States military were released to the Associated Press in September of 1999, which detailed one of the deadliest US
Page Act
Summary This law prohibited the immigration of Chinese women and further East Asian women into the United States for the purpose of “unfree labor or
Julian calendar : Precursor to the Gregorian Calendar
Julius Caesar introduced the Julian calendar as a reform of the Roman calendar, which was based on the lunar cycle. It was established in 45
Rodney Glen King Los Angeles Police Department Police Brutality
Rodney Glen King (April 2, 1965 – June 17, 2012) was an African-American man whose brutal treatment by police brought widespread attention to issues of
President Woodrow Wilson signs the Jones-Shafroth Act, making Puerto Rico a U.S. territory
President Woodrow Wilson signed the Jones-Shafroth Act (1917) on March 2, 1917, giving Puerto Ricans U.S. statutory citizenship. This act also separated Puerto Rico’s government into Executive,
Death of Flushing Massage Worker Yang Song & Red Canary Song Organizing
38-year old Yang Song, a Flushing massage worker, fell four stories to her death during a New York Police Department raid on November 25, 2017.
Iranian Hostage Crisis
In 1979 dozens of American diplomats were taken hostage by militant Iranian students in the U.S. Embassy in Tehran soon after the Islamic revolution in
Chief Hoskin announces the appointment of a Cherokee Nation delegate to Congress
Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. announced that the tribe is taking a historic initial step to enact the Cherokee Nation’s treaty right to
Sterilization of Puerto Rican Women
In 1937, Puerto Rico enacted Law 116, the last eugenics sterilization law passed under United States territorial jurisdiction. Soon after, a program endorsed by the
Illegal Overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom
In the nineteenth century, the Hawaiian Kingdom existed as an independent country recognized as such by the United States of America, the United Kingdom, and
A Portuguese ship, the São João Bautista brought captive Africans from Angola to the American colonies.
Sometime in 1619 enslaved Africans arrive near Point Comfort, a coastal port in the British colony of Virginia from the Portuguese colony port city of
Omar ibn Said
Omar ibn Said was born around 1770 in an African region then called Futa Toro, near the Senegal River, which now forms Senegal’s northern border
Hurricane Hugo Hits SC September, 1989
Hurricane Hugo in Charleston, SC. It impacted the low wealth people who did not have insurance and small businesses. It impacted the poor Black Neighborhoods
The Gustafsen Lake standoff, August-September 1995
The Gustafsen Lake standoff was a confrontation between the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) and the Ts’peten Defenders in the interior of British Columbia, Canada,
California Proposition 187, November 8, 1994
California Proposition 187 (also known as the Save Our State (SOS) initiative) was a 1994 ballot initiative to establish a state-run citizenship screening system and
LA Riots April and May 1992
The 1992 Los Angeles riots were a series of uprisings that occurred in Los Angeles County in April and May of 1992
Navajo-Hopi Struggle to Protect the Big Mountain Reservation, 1974
Navajo-Hopi Struggle to Protect the Big Mountain Reservation In 1974, the federal government partitioned the Big Mountain reservation, where the Hopi and Navajo tribes currently
Student and Worker Uprising
May. 1968 in Paris, France. Students and Blue Collar Workers met on the streets. Together they dreamt and plan a change of power relationships in
The Indian Relocation Act of 1956
The Indian Relocation Act of 1956 (also known as Public Law 959 or the Adult Vocational Training Program) was a United States law intended to
Operation Wetback, Summer 1954
Operation Wetback was an immigration law enforcement initiative created by Joseph Swing, the Director of the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), in cooperation
The Zoot Suit Riots, Los Angeles, June 3-8, 1943
The Zoot Suit Riots were a series of conflicts on June 3–8, 1943 in Los Angeles, California, United States, which pitted American servicemen stationed in
The Mexican Repatriation, 1929-36
The Mexican Repatriation was a mass deportation of Mexicans and Mexican-Americans from the United States between 1929 and 1936. Estimates of how many were repatriated
The Dawes Act of 1887
The Dawes Act of 1887 (also known as the General Allotment Act or the Dawes Severalty Act of 1887),[1][2] authorized the President of the United
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, 1848
A treaty ending the Mexican-American war, defining the present day US-Mexico border by losing the land to the US that included all or parts of
Indian Removal Act, 1830
Indian Removal Act — 1830 Signed into law in 1830 by President Andrew Jackson, the Indian Removal Act provided for the general resettlement of Native
