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On this day in 1892, across the span of just four hours, American anarchist Alexander Berkman was tried, convicted, and sentenced to 21 years in prison for attempting to assassinate capitalist Henry Clay Frick.
![A statue commemorating the Original 33 on the grounds of the Georgia State Capitol, titled "Expelled Because of Color" (1973) [Wikipedia]](https://stahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/event-photos/Events/original33.jpg)
On this day in 1868, the Camilla Massacre took place when a march led by former representative Phillip Joiner in protest of the expulsion of black members from the Georgia General Assembly was viciously attacked by white supremacists.
Image: A statue commemorating the Original 33 on the grounds of the Georgia State Capitol, titled "Expelled Because of Color" (1973) [Wikipedia]
On this day in 1973, following the fascist coup against Chilean President Salvador Allende, American journalist and documentary filmmaker Charles Horman was executed in the National Stadium concentration camp in Santiago.
On this day in 1795, revolutionaries Tula and Karpata, who had been engaging in guerilla warfare with colonizers in Curaçao, were betrayed and captured, effectively ending their campaign of liberation.
Image: A monument in remembrance of the Curaçao revolt, designed by Nel Simon. The statues were erected in the late 90s, in Willemstad, Curaçao, the same location of Tula’s execution.
Mabel Vernon, born on this day in 1883, was an American suffragist, pacifist, and teacher who was a leader within the Congressional Union for Women Suffrage (CUWS), organizing two years of daily picketing outside the White House.
On this day in 1893, after two decades of campaigning by suffragettes such as Kate Sheppard (shown), New Zealand became the first country with a Western-style parliament that allowed women to vote in its elections.
On this day in 1956, the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC) was founded. Initially committed to peaceful change, PAIGC turned to armed struggle following the Pidjiguiti Massacre.
![A photo portrait of Paulo Freire [plenglish.com]](https://stahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/event-photos/Individuals/pauloFreire.jpg)
Paulo Freire, born on this day in 1921, was a Brazilian philosopher and radical pedagogue most known for his 1968 work Pedagogy of the Oppressed. "Language is never neutral."
Image: A photo portrait of Paulo Freire [plenglish.com]
On this day in 1981, a large rally known as the "Solidarity Day March" took place in Washington D.C. in support of striking air traffic controller workers fired by President Ronald Reagan.