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…

On this day in 1963, hundreds of Black children began a movement peacefully protesting racial segregation in Birmingham as part of the Children's Crusade and faced intense police brutality, sparking nationwide outrage. calendar.eji.org/racial-injusti…

On this day in 1863, the Confederacy declared that all 'negroes or mulattoes, slave or free taken in arms' would be returned to authorities in the state and either re-enslaved or executed. calendar.eji.org/racial-injusti…

On this day in 1992, an all-white jury in CA acquitted three of the four officers who violently beat Rodney King during a videotaped arrest. The jury could not agree on a verdict for the fourth officer. calendar.eji.org/racial-injusti…

On this day in 1936, a mob of 40 white men in Colbert, Georgia, lynched a Black farmer named Lint Shaw—just eight hours before he was scheduled to go on trial. calendar.eji.org/racial-injusti…

On this day in 1899, a white mob in Lee County, Georgia, lynched a Black man named Mitchell Daniel for “talking too much” about the brutal lynching of another Black man days earlier. calendar.eji.org/racial-injusti…