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Paris Refuses to Disarm (1871)March 18th, 1871
On this day in 1871, French soldiers refused orders from their superiors to disarm working class neighborhoods in Paris, arresting them and joining working class radicals in the revolution that would become the Paris Commune.
Image: A barricade in the Paris Commune, March 18th, 1871. [Wikipedia]
Unita Blackwell (1933 - 2019)March 18th, 1933
Unita Zelma Blackwell, born on this day in 1933, was an American civil rights activist and educator who became the first black woman to be elected mayor in the state of Mississippi.