On this day in 1970, police opened fire on a crowd of students at Jackson State College in Mississippi, killing two students and injuring dozens more. calendar.eji.org/racial-injusti…

On this day in 1961, a mob of 50 white men in Anniston, AL, armed with pipes, chains, and bats attacked the Freedom Riders who had traveled by Greyhound bus during a desegregation campaign. calendar.eji.org/racial-injusti…

On this day in 1960, six years after Brown v. Board of Education, South Carolina’s legislature passed a bill to stall the integration of racially segregated public schools. calendar.eji.org/racial-injusti…

On this day in 1898, Louisiana adopted a new constitution that excluded Black voters and jurors using restrictions like a poll tax and discriminatory literacy and property requirements. calendar.eji.org/racial-injusti…

On this day in 1926, a white mob in LaBelle, Florida, lynched a young Black man named Henry Patterson for stopping at the home of a white woman to ask for a drink of water. calendar.eji.org/racial-injusti…

On this day in 1740, South Carolina barred enslaved Black people from learning to read, earning money, and gathering, and authorized white enslavers to whip and kill them for being 'rebellious.' calendar.eji.org/racial-injusti…

On this day in 1961, John Lewis and two others were severely beaten by a mob at the Rock Hill, South Carolina, Greyhound bus terminal while protesting segregation. calendar.eji.org/racial-injusti…

On this day in 2009, members of the Ku Klux Klan in Ozark, Alabama, burned a cross in a residential neighborhood to intimidate Black families living in the area. calendar.eji.org/racial-injusti…

On this day in 1882, President Arthur signed the Chinese Exclusion Act, banning immigrants from China for 10 years and prohibiting them from becoming citizens. calendar.eji.org/racial-injusti…

On this day in 1943, California enacted a statute requiring all marriage licenses to indicate each party’s race in order to prevent interracial marriage. calendar.eji.org/racial-injusti…

On this day in 1921, the Chicago Real Estate Board vowed to maintain residential segregation and voted to expel any member who sold property to Black people where white people lived. calendar.eji.org/racial-injusti…