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Subversive Historian – 05/12/10

Bob Dylan Walks Out of The Ed Sullivan Show Back in the day on May 12th, 1963, a young, talented yet relatively still unknown Bob Dylan walked off the Ed Sullivan Show. The singer-songwriter had been booked on the highly rated television program ahead of the release of his second album, “The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan.” [...]

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Subversive Historian – 05/11/10

The Pullman Strike Back in the day on May 11th, 1894, three-thousand workers staged a wildcat strike in Pullman, Illinois. As an economic recession gripped the nation starting a year prior, the notorious George M. Pullman targeted cutbacks against hourly workers employed in his Pullman Palace Car Company. The conditions for many of the non-management [...]

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Subversive Historian – 05/10/10

The Death of Roque Dalton Back in the day on May 10th, 1975, leftist Salvadoran poet Roque Dalton was executed just days shy of his fortieth birthday. The acclaimed wordsmith, whose works include “The Window in My Face,” “The Injured Party’s Turn,” and “Clandestine Poems,” had lived a life as rebellious as his poetry. Early [...]

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Subversive Historian – 05/07/10

The Murder of Reverend George W. Lee Back in the day on May 7th, 1955, Reverend George W. Lee was murdered in Belzoni, Mississippi. The Vice President of the Regional Council of Negro Leadership and member of the local branch of the NAACP was in his car, when unknown assailants in another car pulled up [...]

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Subversive Historian – 05/06/10

U.S. Congress Passes Chinese Exclusion Act Back in the day on May 6th, 1882, the United States Congress passed the Chinese Exclusion Act. The first immigration legislation to explicitly ban immigration on the basis of race and nationality was signed into law two days later by President Chester A. Arthur. Chinese immigrants came to the [...]

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