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In 1969, the Black Panthers launched free breakfast programs across the US, feeding thousands of kids before school. The FBI called it a threat. In some cities, police raided kitchens, smashed food, and urinated on supplies to shut them down.

u/detectiverobert — 8 days ago
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The arrival of enslaved Africans in North America on 20 August 1619 marked the beginning of two and a half centuries of slavery in America.

u/Iambhalo — 7 days ago
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There are five temples in Kyoto, Japan, that have blood-stained ceilings. The ceilings are made from the floorboards of Fushimi Castle, where Torii Mototada and his remaining 380 samurai warriors killed themselves in 1600 after a long stand-off against an army of 40,000 for 11 days.

u/Iambhalo — 6 days ago
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Sarah Rector was an impoverished Black girl who became a millionaire oil baron when oil was discovered on the land allotted to her by the government. She became so wealthy that the Oklahoma legislature declared her to be white.

u/detectiverobert — 3 days ago
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On 3rd March 1913, thousands of women took to the streets of Washington, D.C., in the city's first suffragist march. The women marched in pursuit of their right to vote, but they were met with jeers and abuse from men on the sidewalks.

u/malihafolter — 5 days ago
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Photo of Kelly Dae Wilson (Age 17), an American teenager who was last seen at about 8:30 p.m. on January 5, 1992, while leaving her workplace to go to a nearby bank to deposit her paycheck, but never returned.

u/Iambhalo — 1 day ago
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After two decades awaiting his master’s return, Argos was the only one who recognized Odysseus when he finally came home.

u/malihafolter — 2 days ago
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Anne Bonny and Mary Read often dressed as men to blend in with their pirate crew, but during battles, some accounts claim they revealed their breasts to show their opponents they were being defeated by women.

u/malihafolter — 1 day ago