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 Saturday, September 06, 2008 |
Law requiring German Jews to wear star announced 
On September 6, 1941, German authorities announced the adoption of a regulation, formally enacted on September 1, requiring all Jews in German territories to wear a star. Read an English translation of the Police Decree Concerning the Marking of Jews.
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Friday, September 05, 2008 |
First Continental Congress convened in Philadelphia
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Thursday, September 04, 2008 |
Arkansas governor Faubus attempted to stop integration of Little Rock high school
On September 4, 1957, Arkansas Governor Orville Faubus called out state National Guard troops to prevent federal court-ordered integration of black students into Central High School in Little Rock. President Eisenhower subsequently sent the US 101st Airborne Division to Little Rock to enforce the ruling. Pay a virtual visit to the Little Rock High School National Historic Site.
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Wednesday, September 03, 2008 |
Frederick Douglass escaped from slavery
On September 3, 1838, abolitionist and human rights advocate Frederick Douglass escaped from slavery in Baltimore by posing as a free sailor and boarding a train bound for Philadelphia. Read Douglass' 1881 tract My Escape from Slavery.
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Tuesday, September 02, 2008 |
AL governor Wallace deployed National Guard to stop integration of Tuskegee High
On September 2, 1963, then-Alabama Governor George Wallace surrounded the Tuskegee high school with Alabama National Guard troops in an effort to prevent its integration pursuant to a federal court order in Lee vs. Macon County. In response, President John F. Kennedy federalized the Guard and sent it back to its barracks. Learn more about the history and after-effects of the Tuskegee high school integration.
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Monday, September 01, 2008 |
Federal judge upheld wartime detention of Japanese-Americans
On September 1, 1942, a federal judge in Sacramento, California, upheld the wartime detention of Japanese-Americans and Japanese nationals during World War II. Learn more about Japanese-American internment.
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Saturday, August 30, 2008 |
Thurgood Marshall confirmed as US Supreme Court justice
On August 30, 1965, civil rights attorney Thurgood Marshall was confirmed as a Supreme Court justice by the US Senate, becoming the first African-American to be approved for the nation's highest tribunal. Learn more about Thurgood Marshall.
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