On this day in 1987, the Supreme Court affirmed a Black man's death sentence, rejecting his claim of discrimination and finding racial bias is 'an inevitable part of our criminal justice system.' calendar.eji.org/racial-injusti…

On this day in 2007, a Georgia high school held its first integrated prom. White parents still held a private, white-only prom, and some barred their children from attending the integrated prom. calendar.eji.org/racial-injusti…

On this day in 1965, an all-white jury acquitted future Georgia Governor Lester Maddox of all charges after he threatened three Black students at gunpoint for trying to eat in his segregated restaurant. calendar.eji.org/racial-injusti…

Lawsuits have been filed in state and federal court after the State of Alabama has scheduled the execution of Jamie Mills for May 30, 2024. eji.org/news/stay-of-e…

On this day in 1989, NYPD officers arrested five innocent Black and Latino teenagers, subjected them to coercive interrogation, and charged them with rape. All were sentenced to 5-13 years. calendar.eji.org/racial-injusti…

On this day in 1846, New Jersey enacted legislation that, rather than abolishing enslavement, bound Black people to indefinite servitude as “apprentices for life” at the will of white enslavers. calendar.eji.org/racial-injusti…

On this day in 1915, a white mob took a Black man named Caesar Sheffield from jail and shot him to death near Lake Park, Georgia, for allegedly stealing meat from a smokehouse. calendar.eji.org/racial-injusti…

On this day in 1945, three Black baseball players including Jackie Robinson were attacked during tryouts for the Boston Red Sox. The team refused to sign them and remained segregated until 1959. calendar.eji.org/racial-injusti…

On this day in 1903, several thousand white people lynched a Black man and attacked Black neighborhoods in Joplin, Missouri, burning homes and forcing every Black person to flee the city. calendar.eji.org/racial-injusti…

On this day in 1906, a white mob lynched Horace Duncan and Fred Coker, then lynched Will Allen the next day. All three men were innocent of any offense. calendar.eji.org/racial-injusti…

On this day in 1873, a mob of hundreds of armed white men attacked the Grant Parish courthouse in Colfax, Louisiana, killing an estimated 150 Black people, many of whom were trying to flee. calendar.eji.org/racial-injusti…

On this day in 1963, Bull Connor ordered dozens of people, including Dr. King, the Rev. Shuttlesworth, and the Rev. Abernathy, to be violently arrested during an anti-segregation march in Birmingham, AL. calendar.eji.org/racial-injusti…

On this day in 1913, President Woodrow Wilson authorized overt racial segregation in federal employment. Federal endorsement of Jim Crow policies was a significant blow to Black civil rights. calendar.eji.org/racial-injusti…

On this day in 1956, white men attacked Nat King Cole during a segregated performance in Birmingham, Alabama. calendar.eji.org/racial-injusti…

On this day in 1939, world-renowned Black opera singer Marian Anderson was denied the use of indoor halls due to her race and performed outside the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. calendar.eji.org/racial-injusti…

A district attorney who sought the death penalty in several cases is now working to take 14 people off of California’s death row. His visit to EJI’s Legacy Sites, he told the Los Angeles Times, is what transformed his view of capital punishment. latimes.com/california/sto…