Topic: Race Riots

Jul 2,

1917

Huge East St. Louis Race Riot Erupts

Jul 19,

1919

Race Riot Erupts in Washington, DC

Jul 21,

1919

NAACP Demands President Wilson Condemn Racial Violence

Jul 27,

1919

Massive Chicago Race Riot Erupts

May 31,

1921

Tulsa Race Riot Devastates African-American Community

Jan 23,

1939

Ed Roberts, Disability Rights Pioneer, is Born

Jun 3,

1943

“Zoot Suit” Riots: Latinos, Sailors, Police Clash

Aug 1,

1943

Harlem Race Riot Signals Rising African-American Discontent

Jul 11,

1951

Cicero, Illinois, Race Riot – Whites Protest Racial Integration

Feb 18,

1976

President Ford Bans Assassinations by CIA

Apr 18,

1988

U.S. Signs UN Convention Against Torture (But Takes Six Years to Ratify It)

Sep 11,

2001

Terrorists Attack U.S. – War on Terrorism, Violations of Civil Liberties Escalate

Sep 16,

2001

Cheney Say U.S. Will Work “The Dark Side” in War on Terror – Delivers on Promise

Nov 14,

2001

Vice President Cheney: “Terrorists Don’t Deserve to be Treated as Prisoners of War”

Jan 11,

2002

Guantanamo Bay Detention Center Opens – Abuses Follow

Jan 25,

2002

White House Counsel To Bush: Geneva Conventions Do Not Apply

Jun 28,

2004

“Rasul:” Supreme Court Limits Bush’s War on Terror

Jun 28,

2004

“War Is Not a Blank Check for the President”: Supreme Court Rebukes Bush Administration

Feb 26,

2009

Defense Department Ends Ban on Coverage of Returning U.S. War Dead

Jan 7,

2011

Congress Blocks Closing of Guantanamo Bay Detention Center

Jun 18,

2013

We Want “The Whole Haystack” – Administration Official Explains Surveillance Philosophy

Mar 13,

2014

Facebook Founder Zuckerberg Calls President Obama, Condemns NSA Spying

Jul 9,

2014

NSA Spied on Muslim-Americans

May 20,

2015

Edward Snowden, in Exile, Savors Recognition, Victories

Jul 10,

2015

American Psychological Association Aided CIA/Military Torture Program

May 11,

2016

Michael Ratner, Civil Liberties Attorney, Dies

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