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Coeur d'Alene Mining District Idaho. Federal troop encampment in Wallace, Idaho in 1892. [zinnedproject.org]
Coeur d'Alene Strike (1892)July 11th, 1892

On this day in 1892, violence broke out between strikers and scabs during the Coeur d'Alene Strike when union leaders discovered they had been infiltrated by a Pinkerton agent who had been providing information to the mine owners.

Image: Coeur d'Alene Mining District Idaho. Federal troop encampment in Wallace, Idaho in 1892. [zinnedproject.org]

Erich Mühsam (1934)July 11th, 1934

Erich Mühsam, murdered by Nazis on this day in 1934, was a Jewish anarchist author who openly condemned Nazism and satirized Hitler before being arrested by the Nazi regime in 1933.

ILWU Longshoreman Occupy Terminal (2011)July 11th, 2011

On this day in 2011, members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) and other dock workers were arrested for occupying the Port of Longview's new, highly automated terminal that was about to open with non-union labor.

An indigenous man with a modern Dog Soldier headdress at the Indian Summer festival, Henry Maier Festival Park, Milwaukee, Wisconsin [Wikipedia]
Massacre at Summit Springs (1869)July 11th, 1869

On this day in 1869, the U.S. Army, aided by fifty Pawnee Scouts, attacked an encampment of Cheyenne people in retaliation for raids by their Dog Soldiers (modern version shown), indiscriminately slaughtering men, women, and children.

Image: An indigenous man with a modern Dog Soldier headdress at the Indian Summer festival, Henry Maier Festival Park, Milwaukee, Wisconsin [Wikipedia]

A founders photo taken at Niagara movement meeting in Fort Erie, Canada featuring, top row, left to right: H.A. Thompson, New York; Alonzo F. Herndon, Georgia; John Hope, Georgia, (possibly James R.L. Diggs). Second row, left to right: Fred McGhee, Minnesota; Norris B. Herndon; J. Max Barber, Illinois; W.E.B. Du Bois, Atlanta; Robert Bonner, Massachusetts, (bottom row: left to right) Henry L. Baily, Washington, D.C.; Clement G. Morgan, Massachusetts; W.H.H. Hart, Washington, D.C.; and B.S. Smith, Kansas.
Niagara Movement Founded (1905)July 11th, 1905

The Niagara Movement, founded on this day in 1905, was a civil rights organization led by WEB Du Bois and William Trotter whose "Declaration of Principles" demanded universal suffrage, free education, and an end to prison labor.

Image: A founders photo taken at Niagara movement meeting in Fort Erie, Canada featuring, top row, left to right: H.A. Thompson, New York; Alonzo F. Herndon, Georgia; John Hope, Georgia, (possibly James R.L. Diggs). Second row, left to right: Fred McGhee, Minnesota; Norris B. Herndon; J. Max Barber, Illinois; W.E.B. Du Bois, Atlanta; Robert Bonner, Massachusetts, (bottom row: left to right) Henry L. Baily, Washington, D.C.; Clement G. Morgan, Massachusetts; W.H.H. Hart, Washington, D.C.; and B.S. Smith, Kansas.