#tdih 1796, Ona Judge carefully, strategically, and bravely freed herself from bondage by the most powerful family in the U.S., George & Martha Washington. Judge lived rest of life as fugitive. Check out young readers‘ version of excellent book by Professor Erica Armstrong Dunbar “Never Caught” ⬇️🧵

#OtD 20 May 1963 1350 Black workers at the Havelock mine in Eswatini went on strike demanding better pay, housing and food. The Swazi King ordered them back to work and was ignored. Eventually, British troops forced workers to return on Jun 7 stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1255...

Born on this day in 1743, Toussaint Louverture, who went on to become a major leader of the Haitian Revolution. anticolonialhistory.com/event/171/

On this day in 1776, American forces at the Cedars surrendered after an exchange of fire with combined Haudenosaunee/British forces. American reinforcements arriving in the following days are also defeated. Combined with the failure to take Quebec City, the American invasion ends in dismal retreat.

On this day in 1896, the Supreme Court delivered its decision in Plessy v. Ferguson establishing the 'separate but equal' doctrine as national law and authorizing discrimination in public accommodations.

On this day in 1966, "Muckleshoot Tribal Members took a bold stand for justice, marching in the Muckleshoot Treaty Trek to demand recognition of our treaty-protected fishing rights." - Muckleshoot Tribe Facebook anticolonialhistory.com/event/366/

On this day in 1858, in the context of the Yakima war that began in 1855, Schi̱tsu'umsh / Coeur d'Alene, Palouse and Spokane forces are victorious over US forces at the Battle of Pine Creek (or the Battle of Tohotonimme). anticolonialhistory.com/event/334/

This is important history.

On this day in 1943, Assiniboine/Quinault activist Hank Adams was born. He went on to be instrumental in many of the Native sovereignty struggles of the 60s and 70s. anticolonialhistory.com/event/170/

On this day in 1763, Wyandot warriors take and destroy Fort Sandusky, during Pontiac's Rebellion. anticolonialhistory.com/event/57/

Today marks the 78th anniversary of the Nakba. In commemoration, we have translated and published 5 testimonies of Nakba survivors originally published in the Spring 1998 issue of Majallat al-Dirasat al-Filastiniyya. Your weekend reading list below: www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/1659...

On this day in 1740, a Yaqui revolt began against Spanish rule in what's now north west Mexico. anticolonialhistory.com/event/56/

On this day in 1832, Sauk, Fox and Kickapoo warriors win the first battle of Black Hawk's War, causing Major Isaiah Stillman and his detachment of 275 Illinois militia to retreat in panic, due to which the battle would be called Stillman's Run. anticolonialhistory.com/event/55/

On this day in 1545, Gaspar Yanga (Nianga) is born. From the Congo region, sold into slavery and taken to New Spain (Mexico), he escaped his enslavers around 1570 with a band of other enslaved people that he led into the highlands near Veracruz. anticolonialhistory.com/event/169/

#OtD 13 May 1935 workers loading bananas in Oracabessa, Jamaica, went on strike, rioted, cut power lines and blocked roads to stop scabs. British colonial authorities sent in armed police to suppress the strike, but strikes continued to spread stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8504...

#OtD 13 May 1985 Philadelphia police attacked the home of Black liberation and environmental group MOVE, then dropped a bomb on it, killing 5 adults and 6 children, destroying 61 homes in the predominantly Black neighbourhood, and making 250 people homeless.

Never forget 5/13/1985

On this day in 2024, an uprising begins in Kanaky against French rule. A a voting reform which would have allowed many more 'local residents' (non-Indigenous) to vote in local elections is the spark that starts the fire. anticolonialhistory.com/event/219/

#OtD 12 May 1916 socialist and Irish republican James Connolly was executed for his part in the Easter Rebellion, an unsuccessful insurrection against British rule. As he was wounded in the fighting, he faced the firing squad tied to a chair stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/7737...

On this day in 1860, Paiute forces led by Chief Numaga defeat settler militia forces at the first battle of the Pyramid Lake War. anticolonialhistory.com/event/54/

#tdih "Arise, then, women of this day! Disarm! Disarm! The sword of murder is not the balance of justice.” -- Julia Ward Howe, 1870 #MothersDay Proclamation Don't let Hallmark co-opt (profit from) day, give gift of #FreeBlackMamas @nationalbailout.bsky.social www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/mo...

"The Indian Rebellion of 1857 was a major uprising in India in 1857–58 against the rule of the British East India Company, which functioned as a sovereign power [...] The rebellion began on 10 May 1857 as a mutiny of sepoys of the company's garrison in Meerut [...]"

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On this day in 1832, the Treaty of Payne's Landing is signed between several Seminole chiefs and the government of the United States, following the First Seminole War, the 1823 Treaty of Moultrie Creek, and the Indian Removal Act of 1830. anticolonialhistory.com/event/53/

On this day in 2004, a Western Shoshone led Mother's Day march and direct action take place at the Nevada Test Site. anticolonialhistory.com/event/271/

"The Battle of Điện Biên Phủ was a defeat of the French Union forces by the Viet Minh forces in the First Indochina War. It took place between 13 March and 7 May 1954."

OTD May 7 1954 The Battle of Dien Bien Phu ends with the surrender of the French garrison. This marks the end of French control in Indochina, forcing the signature of the 1954 Geneva Accords. The French had established the garrison at Dien Bien Phu with the aim of cutting of the supply

On this day in 1860, a Paiute attack on Williams Station rescues two young kidnapped Paiute girls and ignites the Pyramid Lake War. anticolonialhistory.com/event/52/

On this day in 1763, Pontiac and his allies begin the Siege of Detroit and the resistance known as Pontiac's Rebellion. anticolonialhistory.com/event/51/

#tdih 1882, Chinese Exclusion Act signed, prohibited all immigration of Chinese as laborers to U.S. White supremacist violence against Asian Americans increased, including 1885 Rock Springs Massacre in Wyo. 💔 Art from Alice St. Mural, Oakland #AAPIHM Read ⬇️ www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/ch...

the church to this day refuses to repudiate or rescind the doctrine

May 5 is Red Dress Day, the national day of awareness and remembrance for missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and 2SLGBTQ+ people. Today is about honouring those taken and recognizing the ongoing impact on families and communities.

On this day in 1862, about 100 Chiricahua Apache warriors led by Cochise attacked a small group of soldiers, killing them and taking their large herd of cattle and horses. Notably, those killed were Confederate soldiers. anticolonialhistory.com/event/50/

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On this day in 1940, Māori activist Joseph Parata Hohepa Hawke (Joe Hawke) is born. He went on to be a leader of the occupation at Takaparawhau / Bastion Point in 1977, which led to the eventual return of Takaparawhau land where he is now buried. anticolonialhistory.com/event/277/

On this day in 1493, Pope Alexander VI establishes a demarcation line east of the Azores and Cape Verde, declaring all lands 'discovered' by Columbus the year before to be exclusively claimed for Spain and the Catholic Church. anticolonialhistory.com/event/49/

On this day in 1885, during the Northwest Resistance, Cree and Nakota forces defeated Canadian forces at the Battle of Cut Knife, causing them to retreat. anticolonialhistory.com/event/48/

On this day in 1946, the Pilbara strike begins, "one of the most dramatic moments in Australia’s indigenous history." anticolonialhistory.com/event/292/

On this day in 1866, white police officers in Memphis, Tennessee, assaulted Black soldiers, setting off a wave of horrific violence against Black people that lasted several days.

#OtD 29 Apr 1992 following the acquittal of police officers caught on film beating Rodney King, riots erupted across LA in the biggest urban revolt since the 60s, with widespread arson, looting and property damage estimated at over $1 billion stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1007...

On this day in 1992, an all-white jury in California chose to acquit 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.

On this day in 1868, the Fort Laramie Treaty Negotiations begin following Red Cloud's War. anticolonialhistory.com/event/252/

On this day in 1967, Muhammad Ali refuses induction into the U.S. Armed Forces. anticolonialhistory.com/event/317/

On this day in 1930, founder of the United Native Americans, Lehman L. Brightman (Lakota and Muscogee Creek) is born. anticolonialhistory.com/event/264/

#OtD 27 Apr 1763 Native American leader Pontiac spoke at a council meeting to try to encourage other tribes to join him in attacking British forces. Over the next 3 years Pontiac's rebellion forced the colonists to recognise areas of Indigenous land shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/...

Harriet Tubman, with a group of people, “stormed building where Charles Nalle was being held for 2nd time &, through gunfire, liberated him.” #tdih 1860 in Troy, NY, Tubman helped rescue Nalle, held under horrific Fugitive Slave Law. Read ⬇️ 🎨 by Mark Priest 🧵 www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/ha...

On this day in 1939, influentual nêhiyaw-âpihtawikosisân (Cree-Métis) writer, educator and community worker from Treaty 6 territory, Maria Campbell is born, well-known for her 1973 autobiography, Halfbreed, and her work to uphold Cree-Métis stories and culture. anticolonialhistory.com/event/168/

On this day in 1873, a force of ~70 Army soldiers and ~12 Warm Springs Indians scouts were ambushed at the base of Sand Butte and nearly wiped out by only 20 Modoc warriors. anticolonialhistory.com/event/46/

#OtD 24 Apr 1916 Patrick Pearse proclaimed an Irish Republic in Dublin, the start of the Easter rising. The rebellion was quickly and brutally repressed by British forces, who then executed Pearse and James Connolly stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9617...

#tdih 1867, African Americans in Richmond organized Reconstruction era protests against the company that refused to allow them to ride its horse-drawn streetcars. Christopher Jones bought ticket, boarded streetcar, arrested for “disturbing the peace.” 🧵 www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/ri...