On this day:
1886 – Thousands of Milwaukee workers were protesting for an eight-hour work day when the state militia opened fire on them, killing at least 15.
Daily Words to Stew On: ‘The long memory is the most radical…’
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1961 – Freedom riders began bus trips through the South to protest segregation and Jim Crow laws.
Daily Words to Stew On: ‘For I was hungry and you gave me food…’
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1971 – “All Things Considered” premieres on 112 National Public Radio stations.
Daily Words to Stew On: ‘I don’t know what your destiny will be…’
On this day:
1971 – The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is formed.
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Daily Words to Stew On: ‘The poverty of our century is unlike that of any other…’
On this day:
May Day – International Workers’ Day in most countries.
1886 – U.S. general strike for eight-hour work day begins.
Rubber Biscuit: ‘Deeper Than The Night’ (VIDEO)
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Daily Words to Stew On: ‘We make a living by what we do…’
On this day:
1789 – George Washington inaugurated as the first president of the United States of America.
True Blue Talk: Obama’s ‘Boy Eat Dog World’ and Boehner’s Sob Story (VIDEO)
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Daily Words to Stew On: ‘Dissent is the highest form…’
On this day:
1845 – Macon Allen and Robert Morris Jr. of Massachusetts become the first African Americans to open a law practice in the United States.
Daily Words to Stew On: ‘What would you think of me if I were capable…’
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1934 – FDR signs the Home Owners Loan Act.
Daily Words to Stew On: ‘I live on Earth at present, and I don’t know what I am…’
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1861 – West Virginia secedes from Virginia after Virginia secedes from the U.S.
Daily Words to Stew On: ‘Mere passive citizenship is not enough…’
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1607 – The first British settlers to establish an American colony land at Cape Henry, VA.
Daily Words to Stew On: ‘How far that little candle throws…’
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1944 – United Negro College Fund incorporates.
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1877 – Federal troops are ordered out of New Orleans as an act to end the North’s post-Civil War rule in the South.
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