Southern Democrats declare the election of Mississippi Senator Hiram Revels, the first Black African American Senator, null and void and argue Black people are ineligible to serve in Congress.
January 19, 1930
For five days, white mobs beat, shoot, and destroy property of Filipino farmworkers in Watsonville, California, following interracial dancing and economic competition.
January 18, 1962
President of Southern University closes Baton Rouge, Louisiana, campus, citing “disruptive” student protests against segregation.
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 of Oklahoma City Schools v. Dowell, U.S. Supreme Court ends federal desegregation order even though it will cause racial re-segregation of school system.
January 14, 1931
Black residents of Maryville, Missouri, flee the city after a white mob chains a Black man accused of killing a white teacher, to the top of the schoolhouse and burns it down, killing the man without a trial.
January 13, 1957
In Montgomery, Alabama, the congregations of four Black churches gather for Sunday services three days after their churches and two homes are bombed.
January 12, 1896
Mob of 20 sets fire to Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, home of Patrick (white) and Charlotte (Black) Morris, who are burned to death; their son, Patrick Morris Jr., escapes with his life.
January 11, 1960
Georgia Governor Ernest Vandiver Jr. threatens to withhold state funding from any public school that attempts to integrate Black and white students.