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![Lumbee men Simon Oxedine and Charlie Warriax, both veterans, with captured KKK flag at VFW convention. Image published in Life Magazine, 1958. Page 26-28. [progressive.org]](https://stahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/event-photos/Events/hayesPond.jpg)
On this day in 1958, armed Lumbee Native Americans broke up a KKK rally near Maxton, North Carolina, driving the white supremacists away and confiscating their flag. Four Klansmen were injured in the "Battle of Hayes Pond".
Image: Lumbee men Simon Oxedine and Charlie Warriax, both veterans, with captured KKK flag at VFW convention. Image published in Life Magazine, 1958. Page 26-28. [progressive.org]
![Illustration from the Brisbane "Worker" newspaper condemning the brutality of the Queensland Police Service on Black Friday [Wikipedia]](https://stahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/event-photos/Events/brisbaneGeneralStrike.jpg)
On this day in 1912, tramway workers in Brisbane, Australia were fired after they wore union badges despite them being banned. Their dismissal led to a general strike with more than 50,000 workers. Union badges remained banned until 1980.
Image: Illustration from the Brisbane "Worker" newspaper condemning the brutality of the Queensland Police Service on Black Friday [Wikipedia]
On this day in 1969, around four hundred protesters who had occupied Tokyo University's Yasuda Hall in protest of US-Japan relations battled with police, throwing rocks and gas‐filled bottles at officers on the street.