On this day in 1960, Ruby Bridges became the first African-American to attend a white elementary school in the South.
A visual reminder of what she faced every day.
On this day in 1951, Henrietta Lacks died.
Her cells were taken without her knowledge in 1951 (HeLa cells) and became one of the most important tools in medicine. They became vital for developing the polio vaccine, cloning, gene mapping, in vitro fertilization & more.
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USAID cache of undistributed rice filling massive warehouse of one of #Haiti's wealthiest import families is now feeding 1000s after being seized by protesters.
On Sep 14, 1960, a US-backed coup overthrew Patrice Lumumba, the democratically-elected leader of what is today known as the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The coup destroyed Lumumba’s efforts to create a proud, free nation governed by the principles of pan-Africanism.
In the 1990’s police in Saskatchewan, Canada would arrest Native men and drive them to remote locations in sub-zero temperatures. They would then abandon them to freeze to death. This deadly practice was known as a Starlight Tour — No police were ever convicted for their deaths.
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