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#OtD 1 Jan 1863 Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, not because he was anti-racist but to undermine Confederacy: "I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races" https://t.co/s6STHbJtVW
#OtD 15 Sep 1931, 1,000 sailors in the British Navy at Invergordon, Scotland mutinied against a proposed 25% pay cut forcing the government to grant concessions, before taking reprisals on the strikers https://t.co/mZDEJFFfBM
#OtD 28 Jun 1969 the #Stonewall riots began after the NYPD raided the Stonewall Inn. Black, Latinx, white, trans women, lesbians, drag queens and gay men all fought back for 6 days. Next year, the first #Pride marches took place. More info in our podcast: https://t.co/XMbtzJSmZp
#OtD 17 April 1958, Belgium opened the world fair, and included a ‘human zoo' displaying black men, women, and children in their "native conditions" found in Congo. The people used were mocked by white spectators, until they left in July