1794 ~ First African Methodist Episcopal Church founded in Philadelphia, PA
1794 ~ Slavery was abolished in France, only to be reinstated in 1802 by that little guy, napoleon
1913 ~ Rosa Parks, Activist & Mother of Civil Rights, was born in Tuskegee, Alabama
1986 ~ Sojourner Truth was honored on a US postage stamp.
1999 ~ Four paranoid and gutless gun toting NYC cops fired 41 shots at unarmed and innocent 22-year old Amadou Diallo, a Guinean immigrant, in Brooklyn when as reached in his pocket for his wallet, thinking he had reached for a gun. He was shot 19 times by these "officers". All four were indicted in Brooklyn by a jury of their affected peers only to be acquitted of 2nd degree murder charges in Albany by a jury of their unaffected "peers". Shameful Racial Profiling. More Shameful American "justice". His parents successfully sued NYC.
2005 ~ Actor & activist Ossie Davis died.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment