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#OnThisDay in 1955, jazz legends Ella Fitzgerald & Dizzy Gillespie were arrested in Houston after performing before an integrated audience. The arrests made national headlines. A year later, they played to an integrated audience. This time there were no arrests. mississippitoday.org/2024/10/07/1...

#OnThisDay in 1917, legendary trumpeter “Dizzy” Gillespie was born in Cheraw SC. Considered one of the greatest trumpeters, he, Charlie Parker & others initiated “bebop” jazz at jazz clubs in NYC. His trademark trumpet, bent upward, resulted from an accident. mississippitoday.org/2024/10/21/1...

#OnThisDay in 1994, President Clinton awarded Dorothy Wesley the Charles Frankel Award for her service as a Black librarian, researcher and curator. She transformed Howard University's Library of Negro Life & History into a world-class research center. mississippitoday.org/2023/10/24/1...

“Dolly Parton’s ancestors, just like the majority of the poor non-slaveholding East Tennesseans, declared continued allegiance to “the old flag” and took up arms against those who supported the Confederacy.”

Helen Edmonds was the 1st historian to document the 1898 Wilmington NC coup d’etat - in her 1951 book based on her dissertation. Dr. Edmonds seconded Eisenhower’s nomination for US presidency, was a delegate to the UN, & served on the National Advisory Council for the US Peace Corps.

🚨 A bombshell new House Judiciary Democrats report details allegations from 11 women linking Trump to Jeffrey Epstein, including five who accuse Trump of sexual assault. The report also alleges a sweeping DOJ cover-up. We broke down the explosive findings.

25 October 1918 Miss Edith Radford, Voluntary Aid Detachments. Died of pneumonia contracted on duty. © IWM WWC H2-140 #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters

10 October 1944 | SS detained four female Jewish prisoners: Ella Gartner, Róża Robota, Regina Safir & Estera Wajsblum. They were involved in smuggling explosives that were used by the Sonderkommando prisoners during their revolt on 7 October 1944. The women were hanged on 6 January 1945.

#OnThisDay in 1871, Octavius Catto, a 32-year-old civil rights activist who had pushed for Black Americans to be treated as equal citizens, was assassinated on Election Day in Philadelphia PA. A white mob killed him. A statue now honors the fallen hero. mississippitoday.org/2023/10/10/o...

10/6/1800 — b. Sarah Pugh, American educator, abolitionist, suffragist. Co-founder, president, Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society (1833-70). Attended the World Anti-Slavery Convention w/Lucretia Mott, London(1849). #Womensrights proponent after the Civil War #womenshistory #civilrights #EduSky

🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Sen. Ron Wyden says the DOJ and FBI withheld a secret interview with a banker tied to Jeffrey Epstein from the files released to the public. And he says there may be more.

Over 120,000 people marched across France calling for action to halt global heating. www.lemonde.fr/en/environme...

9/28/1865 — b. Emma Guy Cromwell, American #gov official, suffragist, #womensrights activist. Early female Kentucky politician; KY state librarian(1896). First KY wmn state office holder as sec of state (1923), treasurer (1927), director of libraries+archives ('37) #womenshistory #LibrarySky #PolSky

www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/... If there is no law, Congress must create and pass a law against any president using tax dollars for personal propaganda.

When I read about the White House airing campaign ads with taxpayer money, I immediately thought about an exhibition I saw last year in NYC about how Mussolini and his regime went about not only controlling the government but every aspect of Italian society. anntelnaes.substack.com/p/me-me-me

⚡️Update: 5 killed, 43 injured and 25 hospitalized as drone strikes continue into daytime

German chemist Dr. Ida Noddack co-discovered Rhenium (element 75) in 1925. She died #OTD in 1978. She was the first to propose the concept of nuclear fission (1934). Her theory was met with fierce skepticism and outright dismissed by contemporary physics giants. But 4 years later...🧵 #WomenInSTEM

Xenia Fedorova interdite de voyager en Europe, ses avoirs gelés par l’UE

#OnThisDay in 1927, St. Louis native Josephine Baker became the first Black woman to star in a major motion picture. During WWII, she aided the French Resistance. In 2021, she was inducted into the Panthéon in Paris — the first Black woman to receive this honor. mississippitoday.org/2024/09/22/1...

Solar panels elevated above corn fields in drought-stricken France increased plant growth by nearly 20% while protecting crops from extreme heat.

How many years have I been telling you to keep your eye on Iowa? I know what I’m seeing on the ground and what I’ve been seeing for a couple of years… LFG!

#OnThisDay in 1957, nine Black students were blocked from entering Arkansas’ Central High school on the orders of Gov. Orval Faubus. The next day, the 101st Airborne Division escorted the students into school. In 1999, they received the Congressional Gold Medal. mississippitoday.org/2024/09/24/1...

The Ukrainian president called for de-escalation of the war with Russia and urged his peers to keep choking Russia's revenues and impede its war efforts at the UN general assembly on Wednesday

Good news SC! It’s time for @drannieandrews.com in the Senate!

In 2024, nearly 2,400 women were killed by men, according to the Violence Policy Center. Of these, 86.9 percent knew their killer—nearly nine out of 10.

On this day in 1863, Mary Church Terrell was born. She became a lifelong advocate for racial and sex equality. In the 1910s, she picketed the White House for woman suffrage. In 1953, at age 89, she won a Supreme Court judgment that racially segregating restaurants in DC was illegal. #WeTheMen

#OnThisDay in 1955, an all-white jury acquitted J.W. Milam & Roy Bryant of murdering Emmett Till. They lit up cigars and kissed their wives in celebration of the not guilty verdict. Months later, the half-brothers admitted they had killed Till. mississippitoday.org/2024/09/23/1...

Agree with @petebuttigieg.bsky.social. Look what gerrymandering has done to SC and TN? Neither are "red" states but the gerrymandering makes it difficult to elect Democrats.

This is…a journey. Surprised more medical emergencies didn’t result

It's hot in Moorpark CA with temperatures reaching the low 90°s. “Julio” is harvesting radishes and smiles as mist from nearby sprinklers cool him down. #WeFeedYou

Farm workers are harvesting broccoli in the Tehachapi CA area. "Victor" tells us, "This is very tiring work. We spend hours bent over stooping down as broccoli grows close to the ground. Each head must be individually cut with a sharp knife." #WeFeedYou

Ossoff: "The draft-dodging commander in chief builds a monument to himself while plunging us deeper into a war he doesn't know how to end or win"

OK, I want to see a movie about Eunice Carter. themobmuseum.org/notable_name...

"UFW remembers Rene Lopez who sacrificed his life for La Causa (1962-1983). On Sept. 21, 1983, Rene Lopez, a worker at Sikkema Dairy near Fresno, was shot to death by company goons hired to harass the strikers who were attempting to bring in the UFW to represent them.

Ine more downside i had not considered

The EPA allowed pesticide giant Bayer to pick from a menu of regulation options for the controversial and destructive weedkiller dicamba, newly released internal agency documents show. Courts have twice ordered it off the market because of its drift problems, but the EPA has re-approved it.

#OnThisDay in 1955, Moses Wright testified against the men who kidnapped and killed his great-nephew, Emmett Till. They had threatened to kill Wright if he said anything. He stood up in court and pointed at them. “I just wanted to see justice done.” mississippitoday.org/2024/09/21/1...

"Trump ally Stephen Miller leads sweeping push to accelerate removal of migrant children" www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... (cartoon from the archives)

David Ruggles, American hero, dedicated his life to making the world safer. He repeatedly risked his life & saved others as the founder of the NYC Vigilance Committee, an Underground Railroad conductor, & the of publisher of The Mirror Liberty. uncpress.org/book/9780807...

Trump is following Putin's talking point by blaming Ukraine for the diesel shortage. Trump's Iran war is driving up energy costs, and Americans are paying $4 and $5 for gas because of it.

Suzanne Deutsch de la Meurthe #French Jewish philanthropist, car & air racer. Restored village of Moÿ-de-l'Aisne devastated in #WWI. Launched version of Coupe Deutsch de la Meurthe air race, sparked development of civil aviation in 1930s France. b. #OTD 20 Sep 1892 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzanne...

"Martín" is working in the beets in Ventura County CA. "I get up early—at 5 am—to get to work on time. I drive to work keeping my eyes out for ICE as they target anyone who looks Mexican. I do this work to provide for my family." #WeFeedYou

Votes forcés, exclusion d’observateurs… les élections en Russie orchestrées par le Kremlin

It was 94° in Lamont CA as a crew labored picking and packing table grapes to be sold at supermarkets across the US. "Susana" shares, "lt feels hotter under the grapevines where we harvest as the vines keep the humidity in and there's no air movement." #WeFeedYou

#OnThisDay in 1958, a woman stabbed MLK with a 7-inch knife in NYC. The surgeons told him if the blade had punctured his aorta, he would have drowned in his own blood. “He was just a sneeze away from death.” mississippitoday.org/2024/09/20/1...