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06/19/2026

06/19/2026

Remember

in 1955, civil rights advocate George W. Lee was assassinated near Midnight, MS. The FBI opened an investigation, but no charges ever resulted from the murder.

Lee, a pastor and local NAACP official, is remembered as one of the first African Americans registered to vote in his home county and as a persistent fighter for voter's rights in Mississippi.

06/19/2026

in 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled in Brown v. Board of Education that school segregation was unconstitutional, stating that segregation of public schools violated the 14th Amendment.

Though the ruling was still unconstitutional, its implementation would prove slow and be challenged at the state level.

📸 photo courtesy of NCRM Collection

06/19/2026

Happy Juneteenth from the UAW!

06/19/2026

UAW's Shawn Fain warns of AI threat: 'We are in a fight for humanity'

See link below ⬇️

📸 Clarence Tabb Jr., The Detroit News