US Census reports 25.7% of African Americans and 25.4% of Hispanic Americans are living below the poverty line, compared to less than 10% of white Americans.
June 3, 1943
White workers at Packard Motor Company in Detroit, Michigan, strike to protest the promotion of black workers.
June 2, 2011
Alabama legislature passes anti-immigrant law designed to force immigrants to flee the state. Governor Robert Bentley later signs it despite language that legalizes racial profiling.
June 1, 1921
White people attack a prosperous Black community in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and burn it to the ground during a two days of rioting that laves up to 300 people dead.