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On this day in 1834, authorities in Wheeling, a city in present-day West Virginia, charged four people with unlawful assembly for convening a literacy class for Black residents.

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Oct. 14, 1834 | Four People Charged for Teaching Black People to Read in Wheeling, West Virginia

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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 13/10/2026

The Department of Defense announced plans to livestream the firing squad execution of Nidal Hasan. This announcement was met with bipartisan rebuke and condemned globally as an affront to human rights and a violation of international law.

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Defense Department Plan for Public Execution Draws Widespread Condemnation

Pete Hegseth plans to livestream the public execution of Nidal Malik Hasan.

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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 13/10/2026

On this day in 1920, members of the Black community in Roxboro, North Carolina, were terrorized through an ongoing letter campaign trying to force Black people to leave town. A white mob had lynched a Black man months earlier.

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Oct. 13, 1920 | Black Community in Roxboro, North Carolina, Threatened to Leave or Face Racial Violence

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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 12/10/2026

On this day in 1995, police in Brentwood, Pennsylvania, killed an unarmed Black man named Jonny Gammage at a traffic stop. An officer responsible was acquitted by an all-white jury and, a year later, promoted to sergeant.

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Oct. 12, 1995 | Police Kill Unarmed Black Man During Traffic Stop in Brentwood, PA

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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 11/10/2026

On this day in 1921, two Tarrant County Texas sheriffs shot David Bunn, a handcuffed Black man, as he fled from a white mob attempting to lynch him. The sheriffs faced no accountability for Mr. Bunn’s murder.

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Oct. 11, 1921 | Texas Officers Shoot to Death Handcuffed Black Man Running From White Mob

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Jake Rudh @jakerudh.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Starting at 8pm central tonight via twitch.tv/djjakerudh, I play 5+ hours of classic alternative music videos spotlighting The Cure. Hits, deep cuts, b-sides, rarities, side projects, live material, etc Tonight’s show is for the BIGGEST Cure fans!

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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 10/10/2026

On this day in 1933, white ranchers shot three Mexican nationals who were among thousands participating in a strike over decreased pay. An all-white jury later acquitted the ranchers.

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Oct. 10, 1933 | Mexican Diplomat and Two Farmworkers Killed During California Labor Strike

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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 09/10/2026

On this day in 1893, a white mob lynched Bob Hudson, a Black man, in Weakley County, TN, after he defended his wife, who was targeted because she filed assault charges against a white man.

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Oct. 9, 1893 | Bob Hudson Lynched and Wife Beaten in Weakley County, Tennessee

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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 08/10/2026

On this day in 1953, a Birmingham police commissioner banned an interracial All-Star baseball game organized by Jackie Robinson since it was a "mixed athletic event."

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Oct. 8, 1953 | Jackie Robinson and Others Banned From Playing Interracial Baseball in AL

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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 07/10/2026

On this day in 1963, hundreds of Black Selma residents attempting to register to vote faced state and local officials using violence and intimidation tactics to deny them that right.

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Oct. 7, 1963 | Alabama Troopers Violently Disrupt Voter Registration Drive in Selma

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Democrats have to explain what we're trying to build, not just what we're trying to block.

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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 06/10/2026

On this day in 2009, a Louisiana official withheld a marriage license from an interracial couple, claiming he did "not believe in mixing races in that way." He had denied marriage licenses to several interracial couples the previous two years.

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Oct. 6, 2009 | White Louisiana Official Denies Marriage License for Interracial Couple

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Peggy Flanagan @peggyflanagan.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Openly provoking a foreign adversary to kill millions of Americans is completely unhinged and reckless. Donald Trump is the most dangerous and corrupt president in our nation’s history. The stakes are too high to send him another yes vote from Minnesota.

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Carole King @carolekingofficial.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The best way to be sure your vote counts is to vote early and in person. www.vote.org

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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 05/10/2026

On this day in 1920, a white mob lynched four innocent Black men named Fulton Smith, Ray Field, Ben Givens, and Sam Duncan in Macclenny, Florida. Days after, most of the Black community of Macclenny fled the area in fear of further violent attacks

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Oct. 5, 1920 | Four Innocent Black Men Lynched in Macclenny, Florida

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

If you're in these 3 states, *TODAY* is deadline to register to vote. Alaska Rhode Island South Carolina Even if you think you've registered: doesn't hurt to check everything is in order. Do it now. And there's a lot to vote for across them. A thread with stakes on each. ⬇️

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Jason Woodrow @jasonwoodrow.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

This morning's message from Indivisible

Your vote is not small to the people spending millions to make sure you never cast it. They know what happens when working people, young people, women, and every fed-up voter show up together. We flip Congress. They lose control. That’s the whole assignment.

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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 04/10/2026

On this day in 1949, members of the largest bridge association in the U.S. voted to exclude Black players from competitions.

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Oct. 4, 1949 | Largest U.S. Bridge Association Votes to Exclude Black Members

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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 03/10/2026

A court in Tallahassee, Florida, found more than 100 Black students guilty of contempt of court after they were arrested for singing and clapping outside a “white-only” theater.

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Oct. 3, 1963 | Florida Court Convicts Students After Peaceful Protest of Segregated Theater

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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 02/10/2026

On this day in 1930, white neighbors attacked the Colorado home of seven Black women while they were inside. The women had recently integrated the area but were forced to flee and relocate after the attack.

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Oct. 2, 1930 | Seven Black Women Attacked For Moving into White Neighborhood in Colorado

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mmemarti @mmemarti.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This is the definition of cruel and unusual punishment.

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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 01/10/2026

On this day in 1939, a Sampson County, North Carolina, sheriff arrested two Black people for helping a 21-year-old Black man named Andrew Troublefield avoid being lynched by a white mob of 500 people.

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Oct. 1, 1939 | Two Black People Arrested for Helping Black Man Avoid Lynch Mob

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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 30/09/2026

On this day in 1919, enraged white mobs began a massacre of 200 or more innocent Black women, men, and children in Phillips County, Arkansas, after white men attempted to invade a Black farmer's union meeting.

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Sep. 30, 1919 | 200 or More Black People Massacred in Elaine, Arkansas

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Media Matters for America @mmfa.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

It’s once again time for Fox News to try to scare its viewers to the polls with frantic coverage of a “caravan” of migrants.

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Fox News is running its midterms migrant caravan playbook again

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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 29/09/2026

On this day in 1915, Alabama passed a law forbidding public and private medical facilities from letting any "white female nurse" provide care to a Black man.

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Sep. 29, 1915 | Alabama Forbids White Nurses to Treat Black Men

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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 28/09/2026

On this day in 1868, violence erupted in Opelousas, Louisiana, when white residents resentful of African Americans' new voting rights attacked and killed hundreds of people.

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Sep. 28, 1868 | White Mobs Massacre Black Community in Opelousas, Louisiana

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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 27/09/2026

On this day in 1958, after violent resistance to integrating Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, white residents voted to close local public schools rather than comply with federal desegregation orders.

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Sep. 27, 1958 | White Little Rock Voters Choose to Close Public Schools Rather Than Integrate

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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 26/09/2026

On this day in 1963, the Alabama Supreme Court upheld the contempt conviction of Mary Hamilton, a Black woman who refused to allow an Alabama district attorney to disrespect her in court.

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Sep. 26, 1963 | Alabama Supreme Court Approves White Prosecutor's Insult of Black Woman

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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 25/09/2026

On this day in 1913, the Baltimore City Council passed an ordinance requiring Black and white residents to live on separate blocks. The law was part of the first city-wide effort in the country to create legally segregated neighborhoods.

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Sep. 25, 1913 | Baltimore Law Requires Black and White Residents to Live on Separate Blocks

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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 24/09/2026

On this day in 1964, a crowd of at least 7,500 white demonstrators marched in New York City to protest against racial integration in the city’s public school system.

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Sep. 24, 1964 | Over 7,500 People Protest Racial Integration of New York City Schools

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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 23/09/2026

On this day in 1955, an all-white jury in Mississippi acquitted the two white men who murdered 14-year-old Emmett Till.

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Sep. 23, 1955 | All-White Jury Acquits White Men Who Murdered 14-Year-Old Emmett Till

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ICE Flight Monitor @iceflightmonitor.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Overnight, a small ICE Air jet (max 16-18 passengers) landed in Yangon, Myanmar, marking the fourth deportation flight to the country. The flight originated in Mesa, Arizona, with the journey lasting approximately 24 hours.

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MPR News @mprnews.org · 22/09/2026

Schools across the state started offering free breakfasts and lunches to all students in the fall of 2023. The number of students eating school lunch went up 15 percent the first year. The number of kids eating breakfast at school went up 40 percent.

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Fewer skipped meals, less stigma: New data on the impact of Minnesota’s universal school meals

A trio of new studies shows Minnesota’s universal school meals program is providing a sense of relief to Minnesota families and students who are no longer skipping lunch and worrying less about family...

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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 22/09/2026

On this day in 1906, mobs of angry white men gathered in the streets of Atlanta to attack and kill dozens of innocent Black men on sight.

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Sep. 22, 1906 | White Mobs Terrorize African Americans in Atlanta, Killing Dozens

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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 21/09/2026

On this day in 2011, Georgia executed Troy Davis despite new evidence of his innocence. The evidence was so compelling that three of his jurors urged the government to stop the execution.

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Sep. 21, 2011 | Troy Davis Executed in Georgia Despite Evidence of Innocence

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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 20/09/2026

On this day in 1664, the Maryland legislature passed the first colonial law intended to prevent interracial marriage. It would take over 300 years for such “anti-miscegenation” laws to be banned across the U.S.

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Sep. 20, 1664 | Maryland Passes Colonies’ First Law Opposing Interracial Marriage

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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 19/09/2026

On this day in 1868, white mobs led by the local sheriff in Camilla, Georgia, ambushed and attacked Black people and supporters at a political rally, killing at least 7 people in a mass lynching.

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Sep. 19, 1868 | White Mobs Ambush Black People in Georgia in Mass Lynching

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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 18/09/2026

On this day in 1923, the NAACP denounced remarks by Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Mayor Joseph Cauffiel, who had threatened Black and Mexican migrants, telling them to leave town or risk violence.

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Sep. 18, 1923 | NAACP Protests After PA Mayor's Threats Force Black and Mexican Residents to Flee

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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 17/09/2026

The Republican U.S. Senate candidate said she agreed with the overturning of Roe v. Wade and that she only supports abortion up to 12 weeks, writes Tim Stanley of the Planned Parenthood of Minnesota Political Action Fund.

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Opinion | Michele Tafoya calls herself ‘pro-choice.’ She is anything but.

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Peggy Flanagan @peggyflanagan.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

We have a choice in this race: A Senator who will enable Donald Trump’s chaos and cruelty, or a Senator who will always stand with our immigrant communities.

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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 17/09/2026

On this day in 1630, the Virginia Assembly sentenced Hugh Davis, a white man, to be whipped for having a relationship with a Black person.

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Sep. 17, 1630 | White Man Whipped for Interracial Relations in Colonial Virginia

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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 16/09/2026

On this day in 1928, a levee broke during a Florida hurricane, killing thousands of Black farmworkers. Black victims were denied proper burials—their bodies were stacked in piles and burned.

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Sep. 16, 1928 | Hundreds of Black Victims of Hurricane Denied Proper Burial in Florida

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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 15/09/2026

On this day in 1963, a white man detonated a bomb under the steps of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, with 400 congregants inside. Four Black children were killed in the blast.

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Sep. 15, 1963 | Four Black Girls Killed in Church Bombing in Birmingham, Alabama

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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 14/09/2026

On this day in 1874, 1,500 members of the White League—a militia of Confederate veterans opposed to the civil rights goals of Reconstruction—attacked New Orleans and overthrew the Louisiana government.

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Sep. 14, 1874 | White Militia Wages Coup Against Integrated Louisiana Government

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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 13/09/2026

On this day in 1907, white Methodist ministers in Michigan voted to exclude Black clergy from leadership positions in the church, grounding this vote in white supremacist views and fears of Black advancement.

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Sep. 13, 1907 | White Methodists Exclude Black Clergy in Michigan

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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 12/09/2026

On this day in 1966, 250 Black students were attacked for trying to integrate schools in Grenada, Mississippi. Twelve years after Brown v. Board, the city maintained fully segregated schools.

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Sep. 12, 1966 | White Mob Attacks Black Students for Integrating Schools in Grenada, MS

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Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

On 9/11, the people of Gander stepped up. They showed the very best of Canada.

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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 11/09/2026

On this day in 1895, South Carolina officials met to rewrite the state constitution. Their work resulted in a new constitution that successfully disenfranchised Black voters for nearly 70 years.

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Sep. 11, 1895 | South Carolina Officials Rewrite Constitution; Disenfranchise Black Voters

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