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Subversive Historian – 02/01/10
{Surprisingly This Was Not a Denny’s Restaurant!}
The Greensboro Sit-ins
Back in the day on February 1st, 1960, four young black college students challenged a white-only lunch counter policy in Greensboro, North Carolina. Franklin McCain, Joseph McNeil, Ezell Blair Jr., and David Richmond carried out their devised sit-in when they entered Woolworth’s Five-and-Dime shop. After purchasing items [...]
Subversive Historian – 01/29/10
29. January 2010
{Mill Workers Remembering One of Their Own}
The Death of Anna LoPizzo
Back in the day on January 29th, 1912, Anna LoPizzo, an immigrant mill worker, was shot and killed in a picket line of the Lawrence Textile Strike. The American Woolen Company in Massachusetts had pilfered out wage decreases to its mostly female workforce at its [...]
Subversive Historian – 01/28/10
28. January 2010
{The Waters of the Coquille River}
The Nasomah Village Massacre
Back in the day on January 28th, 1854, the Nasomah Village Massacre took place in Southern Oregon. Tensions between Native peoples and whites had been mounting in the area as incursions and settlements inflamed temperaments. Two years prior to the bloodshed, gold had been discovered at the [...]
Subversive Historian – 01/27/10
27. January 2010
Paterson Silk Strike
Back in the day on January 27th, 1913, eight hundred broad silk weavers walked out of the Henry Doherty Mill in Paterson, New Jersey. The workers took action in response to the introduction of the “four-loom” system that would have them operating four automatic loom machines at a time instead of two. Seeing [...]
Subversive Historian – 01/26/09
26. January 2010
The Tillman Act of 1907
Back in the day on January 26th, 1907, the United States Congress passed the Tillman Act. The legislation was aimed at campaign finance reform as it forbade direct contributions made by corporations and national banks to federal electoral campaigns. President Theodore Roosevelt had sought out the ban and ironically his arch-nemesis [...]
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