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![Civil rights leader Z. Alexander Looby’s house after being bombed in April 1960 [nashvillescene.com]](https://stahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/event-photos/Events/loobyBombing.jpg)
On this day in 1960, the home of famous Nashville politician and civil rights attorney Z. Alexander Looby was bombed by white supremacists, leading to 3,000 people marching on City Hall.
Image: Civil rights leader Z. Alexander Looby’s house after being bombed in April 1960 [nashvillescene.com]
On this day in 1971, Operation Dewey Canyon III was initiated by Vietnam Veterans Against the War, who dubbed the planned protests "a limited incursion into the country of Congress", mocking similar rhetoric from the U.S. government.
Sarah Bagley (shown left), born on this day in 1806, was a U.S. labor leader and author who played a key role in organizing the Lowell Mill Girls in the 1840s. After working as an organizer, she established a sliding-scale medical clinic.
![Jewish prisoners of Gęsiowka, a German concentration camp in Warsaw liberated on August 5th, 1944. During the Warsaw Uprising, Polish soldiers of the Battalion "Zośka" rescued 380 prisoners from Gęsiowka. [Wikipedia]](https://stahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/event-photos/Events/warsawGhettoUprising.jpg)
On this day in 1943, the largest Jewish revolt during WWII began when Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto attacked Nazis attempting to deport them to death camps. Nazis razed the entire ghetto block by block, killing more than 7,000 and deporting 42,000.
Image: Jewish prisoners of Gęsiowka, a German concentration camp in Warsaw liberated on August 5th, 1944. During the Warsaw Uprising, Polish soldiers of the Battalion "Zośka" rescued 380 prisoners from Gęsiowka. [Wikipedia]