Mar 03 2010
The Enrollment Act of 1863
Back in the day on, March 3rd, 1863, the Enrollment Act was signed into law by President Abraham Lincoln. The legislation put in place the first wartime draft in the history of the United States. With the Civil War raging on, the Enrollment Act called on the registration of all males ages 25-40 including …
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Mar 02 2010
Claudette Colvin
Back in the day on, March 2nd, 1955, a fifteen-year old African-American girl refused to give up her seat to a white person on a Montgomery, Alabama bus. Claudette Colvin had been making her way home from school when she acted in defiance nine months before civil rights icon Rosa Parks had undertaken the very same …
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Mar 01 2010
Dolores ‘Lolita’ Lebron
Back in the day on, March 1st, 1954, Dolores ‘Lolita’ Lebron alongside three other Puerto Rican Nationalists opened fire on the halls of the U.S. Congress. Independence hopes for the island had quickly faded two years prior when Puerto Rico’s governor signed a commonwealth pact with the United States. In response, the former beauty queen …
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Feb 01 2010
The Greensboro Sit-ins
Back in the day on February 1st, 1960, four young black college students challenged a white-only lunch counter policy in Greensboro, North Carolina. Franklin McCain, Joseph McNeil, Ezell Blair Jr., and David Richmond carried out their devised sit-in when they entered Woolworth’s Five-and-Dime shop. After purchasing items at the store, the four North Carolina Agricultural …
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Jan 29 2010
The Death of Anna LoPizzo
Back in the day on January 29th, 1912, Anna LoPizzo, an immigrant mill worker, was shot and killed in a picket line of the Lawrence Textile Strike. The American Woolen Company in Massachusetts had pilfered out wage decreases to its mostly female workforce at its four mills. Workers, like LoPizzo, took action, as …
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Jan 28 2010
The Nasomah Village Massacre
Back in the day on January 28th, 1854, the Nasomah Village Massacre took place in Southern Oregon. Tensions between Native peoples and whites had been mounting in the area as incursions and settlements inflamed temperaments. Two years prior to the bloodshed, gold had been discovered at the mouth of the Coquille River leading to a …
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Jan 27 2010
Paterson Silk Strike
Back in the day on January 27th, 1913, eight hundred broad silk weavers walked out of the Henry Doherty Mill in Paterson, New Jersey. The workers took action in response to the introduction of the “four-loom” system that would have them operating four automatic loom machines at a time instead of two. Seeing the potential for …
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Jan 26 2010
The Tillman Act of 1907
Back in the day on January 26th, 1907, the United States Congress passed the Tillman Act. The legislation was aimed at campaign finance reform as it forbade direct contributions made by corporations and national banks to federal electoral campaigns. President Theodore Roosevelt had sought out the ban and ironically his arch-nemesis Senator Benjamin …
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Jan 25 2010
The Passaic Strike
Back in the day on January 25th, 1926, the Passaic Strike commenced after demands made by wool and silk workers were ignored. With a workforce comprised of Southern and Eastern European immigrants, the mills in Passaic, New Jersey were infamous for their low wages, dangerous work conditions, and anti-union espionage. When the Vice President of …
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Jan 21 2010
Navajo Community College Opens its Doors
Back in the day on January 21st, 1969, the Navajo Community College opened its doors to students for classes. Founded the year before, the postsecondary educational institution was the first in the United States to be established and controlled by natives themselves. The idea for the two-year college was conceived as a direct …
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Former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis Is Coming To Los Angeles!
Come and hear Varoufakis speak in person on Saturday April 23rd in Pasadena, California, at his ONLY Los Angeles-area event!
WHEN: Saturday April 23rd, Reception at 12 noon, Event at 1 pm
WHERE: Neighborhood Unitarian Universalist Church, 301 N. Orange Grove Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91103
Yanis Varoufakis of the Syriza Party took the European political establishment by storm a year ago when he was appointed Finance Minister of Greece by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. Varoufakis is an ……
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