Southern Democrats declare the election of Mississippi Senator Hiram Revels, the first African American Senator, null and void, and argue Black people are ineligible to serve in Congress.
January 19, 1930
For five days, white mobs harass, beat, shoot, and destroy property of Filipino farmworkers in Watsonville, California, following interracial dancing and economic competition.
January 18, 1771
North Carolina lawmakers vote to provide financial compensation to the white “owners” of enslaved Black people who are executed by the state.
January 17, 1834
Alabama legislature passes law that effectively bans any free Black person from residing in the state.
January 16, 1832
Alabama General Assembly enacts law that bars Creek and Cherokee witnesses from testifying against white people in court and criminalizes Creek and Cherokee customs, including meetings of tribal leaders.
January 15, 1991
In Board of Education v. Dowell, U.S. Supreme Court ends federal desegregation order even though it will cause racial re-segregation of school system.
January 14, 1963
Alabama Governor George Wallace delivers inaugural address calling for “Segregation now…segregation tomorrow…segregation forever!”
January 13, 1904
Mob of 50 white men lynches General Lee, a Black man, for allegedly knocking on the door of a white woman’s home in South Carolina.
January 12, 1931
In Maryville, Missouri, after a Black man is accused of killing a white teacher, a mob ties him atop the schoolhouse and burns it down; killing him without a trial; local Black residents later flee in terror.
January 11, 1896
Mob of 20 people sets fire to Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, home of Patrick Morris, a white man, and Charlotte Morris, a Black woman; they are killed and their son escapes with his life.