Moments before his trial is to begin, a white mob whips Frank Embree, a Black man, over 100 times and hangs him in front of more than 1000 onlookers in Fayette, Missouri.
July 21, 2016
Days after shooting Black therapist Charles Kinsey and handcuffing him as he lay bleeding on the ground, police in North Miami, Florida, claim officer was aiming for Dr. Kinsey’s unarmed autistic patient.
July 20, 2015
After discussing the need to protect Confederate memorials, North Carolina’s House passes bill requiring legislative approval to remove historical monuments; the bill is signed into law days later.
July 19, 1919
After a Black man is accused of trying to rape a white woman is released, white mobs in Washington, DC, attack Black people killing 40 and injuring 150 people over four days.
July 18, 1946
World War II veteran Maceo Snipes is shot in his back at his home by Ku Klux Klan members the day after he became the first Black person to cast a vote in Taylor County, Georgia.
July 17, 2014
Police in Staten Island, New York, put a Black man named Eric Garner in a chokehold until he dies; the killing is filmed by a bystander and leads to nationwide protests.
July 16, 1944
Irene Morgan, a Black woman, is arrested in Virginia for refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger on an interstate Greyhound bus.
July 15, 1954
U.S. Border Patrol begins “Operation Wetback,” in which agents deport more than one million people to Mexico and stop “Mexican-looking” people on the street to demand identification.
July 14, 1804
Two hundred enslaved Africans are trafficked to New Orleans on board the vessel Margaret and sold to traders.
July 13, 1929
White mobs threaten Black residents of North Platte, Nebraska, causing 200 people to flee their homes after a Black man is accused of killing a white police officer.