On this day in 1835, a white mob angered by abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison's anti-slavery activism dragged him by a rope through the streets of Boston, threatening to kill him.

On this day in 1870, a Black politician named Wade Perrin was assassinated by a white mob one day after he was re-elected to the South Carolina House of Representatives.

On this day in 1960, 52 people, including Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., were arrested in downtown Atlanta, Georgia, after refusing to leave their seats at segregated department store lunch counters.

On this day in 1933, a white mob of at least 2,000 in Princess Anne, MD, burned George Armwood to death. Four white men were ultimately tried for the lynching and acquitted by all-white juries.

On October 11, EJI celebrated the opening of Elevation Convening Center and Hotel with a transformative musical event featuring Branford Marsalis and Yo-Yo Ma.

On this day in 1871, rampant KKK violence forced President Grant to declare martial law in South Carolina. Many affluent Klan members fled to avoid arrest.

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to review the case of Stacey Humphreys, who was sentenced to death in Georgia after a single juror “bullied” the others into voting for death. Justice Sonia Sotomayor dissented from the Court’s decision.

On this day in 1968, Black Olympic medalists Tommie Smith and John Carlos faced death threats and expulsion for protesting racial inequality.

On this day in 1883, the Supreme Court struck down the Civil Rights Act of 1875 which forbade racial discrimination in access to public accommodations and facilities.

On this day in 1834, authorities in Wheeling, a city in present-day West Virginia, charged four people with unlawful assembly for convening a literacy class for Black residents.

George Edward Pickett wrote that if he ever captured a Black soldier, "I should have caused him to be immediately executed." Pickett did not believe Black people could be equal to white people. A military base in Virginia once again bears his name.

On this day in 1920, the Black community in Roxboro, NC, was terrorized through an ongoing letter campaign by a white lynch mob trying to force Black people to leave town.

On this day in 1995, police in Brentwood, Pennsylvania, killed an unarmed Black man named Jonny Gammage at a traffic stop. An officer responsible was acquitted by an all-white jury and, a year later, promoted to sergeant.

On this day in 1921, two Tarrant County Texas sheriffs shot David Bunn, a handcuffed Black man, as he fled from a white mob attempting to lynch him. The sheriffs faced no accountability for Mr. Bunn’s murder.

The Memorial Garden and Legacy Plaza are spaces for visitors to reflect on and process what they've experienced at the Legacy Sites. And now, they are in full bloom. Plan your visit to the Legacy Sites today: legacysites.eji.org

On this day in 1933, white ranchers shot three Mexican nationals who were among thousands participating in a strike over decreased pay. An all-white jury later acquitted the ranchers.

On this day in 1893, a white mob lynched Bob Hudson, a Black man, in Weakley County, TN, after he defended his wife, who was targeted because she filed assault charges against a white man.

Bryan Stevenson spoke to the New York Times about telling the truth in the face of fear and anger, and expanding the Legacy Sites to include Elevation, a convening center and hotel.

On this day in 1953, a Birmingham police commissioner banned an interracial All-Star baseball game organized by Jackie Robinson since it was a "mixed athletic event."

Elevation Convening Center and Hotel is now open to guests in Montgomery. This research center, convening space, art gallery, and theater with overnight accommodations will provide comfort to the thousands that visit our Legacy Sites.

Our Transatlantic Slave Trade exhibit features sculptures by Kwame Akoto-Bamfo in remembrance of more than 12 million African men, women, and children who were kidnapped and sold into slavery in the Americas. Plan your visit to the Legacy Museum today: legacysites.eji.org

On this day in 1963, hundreds of Black Selma residents attempting to register to vote faced state and local officials using violence and intimidation tactics to deny them that right.

Days after Virginia seceded from the Union, Robert E. Lee left the U.S. Army to defend slavery. A traitor and enslaver, Lee believed his state would be better without Black people. The Trump Administration reinstated his name on a military base.

On this day in 2009, a white Louisiana official denied a marriage license for an interracial couple, claiming he did "not believe in mixing races in that way."

On this day in 1920, a white mob lynched four innocent Black men named Fulton Smith, Ray Field, Ben Givens, and Sam Duncan in Macclenny, Florida. Days after, most of the Black community of Macclenny fled the area in fear of further violent attacks.

On this day in 1949, members of the largest bridge association in the U.S. voted to exclude Black players from competitions.

On this day in 1912, Frank Wigfall, a Black man incarcerated in Wyoming State Prison, was lynched by a mob of white prisoners.

On this day in 1930, white neighbors attacked the Colorado home of seven Black women who had recently integrated the area and forced the women to move.

On this day in 1939, a Sampson County, North Carolina, sheriff arrested a young Black woman for shouting a warning to a 21-year-old Black man named Andrew Troublefield to help him avoid being lynched by a white mob of 500 people.

On this day in 1919, enraged white mobs began a massacre of 200 or more innocent Black women, men, and children in Phillips County, Arkansas, after white men attempted to invade a Black farmer's union meeting.

Navigating presumptions of dangerousness and guilt is exhausting. Bryan Stevenson talks to Katie Couric (@katiecouric.bsky.social) about the commitment to truth-telling in the face of racial bias and bigotry: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kT_...

In 1890, U.S. troops massacred over 250 women, men, and children at Wounded Knee. This week, the U.S. Secretary of Defense announced that the soldiers who carried out the massacre will keep their Medals of Honor, which many have said should be rescinded.

On this day in 1915, Alabama passed a law forbidding public and private medical facilities from letting any "white female nurse" provide care to a Black man.

On this day in 1868, violence erupted in Opelousas, Louisiana, when white residents resentful of African Americans' new voting rights attacked and killed hundreds of people.

On this day in 1958, after violent resistance to integrating Little Rock Central High School, white residents voted to close public schools rather than integrate.

The National Memorial for Peace and Justice overlooks a hilltop in Montgomery. It is the nation's first comprehensive memorial dedicated to the legacy of Black Americans who were enslaved, terrorized by lynching, humiliated by racial segregation, and presumed guilty and dangerous.

Listen to Bryan Stevenson and Katie Couric's discussion on truth-telling, how to honestly reconcile with history, and what is required of us in this moment to do justice.

On this day in 1963, the Alabama Supreme Court upheld the contempt conviction of Mary Hamilton, a Black woman who refused to allow an Alabama district attorney to disrespect her in court.

Today, Mr. West was executed by the state of Alabama. Mr. West’s execution is the fourth in Alabama this year.

Geoffrey West was sentenced to death for the fatal shooting of Margaret Parrish Berry. Her son, Will Berry, was 11 at the time. Mr. Berry has been fighting to spare Mr. West's life, telling the New York Times, "this is only going to cause more pain."

On this day in 1913, the Baltimore City Council passed an ordinance requiring Black and white residents to live on separate blocks. The law was part of the first city-wide effort in the country to create legally segregated neighborhoods.

Braxton Bragg was an unpopular military figure whose own soldiers tried to kill him. He contended that slavery was “just and necessary.” In June, the Trump Administration ordered the name of Fort Bragg to be restored.

On this day in 1964, a crowd of at least 7,500 white demonstrators marched in New York City to protest against racial integration in the city’s public school system.

Geoffrey West, 49, is scheduled to be executed by nitrogen suffocation on Thursday, September 25. Mr. West’s execution is the fifth scheduled in Alabama this year.

On this day in 1955, an all-white jury in Mississippi acquitted the two white men who murdered 14-year-old Emmett Till.

The USDA's Household Food Security Reports provide critical data on food security. After this year, the annual report will no longer be written. This decision comes amid rising food insecurity and steep cuts to federal feeding programs.

On this day in 1906, mobs of angry white men gathered in the streets of Atlanta to attack and kill dozens of innocent Black men on sight.

On this day in 2011, Georgia executed Troy Davis despite new evidence of his innocence. The evidence was so compelling that three of his jurors urged the government to stop the execution.

On this day in 1664, the Maryland legislature passed the first colonial law intended to prevent interracial marriage. It would take over 300 years for such “anti-miscegenation” laws to be banned across the U.S.

On this day in 1868, white mobs led by the local sheriff in Camilla, Georgia, ambushed and attacked Black people and supporters at a political rally, killing at least 7 people in a mass lynching.