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![A photo of Anton Lembede, unknown year [https://www.motivation.africa/]](https://stahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/event-photos/Individuals/antonLembede.jpg)
Anton Lembede, born on this day in 1914, was a South African lawyer, activist, and founding president of the African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) who played a key role in the ideological development of African nationalism.
Image: A photo of Anton Lembede, unknown year [https://www.motivation.africa/]
![A photo of Pat Finucane on the phone, unknown year and author [irishecho.com]](https://stahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/event-photos/Individuals/patFinucane.jpg)
Pat Finucane, born on this day in 1949, was an Irish criminal defense lawyer who defended prominent IRA activists such as Bobby Sands. Finucane was assassinated in 1989 by loyalist forces acting in collusion with the British state.
Image: A photo of Pat Finucane on the phone, unknown year and author [irishecho.com]
On this day in 1965, on what was the third attempt by organizers to do so, voting rights activists successfully marched 54 miles from Selma, Alabama to the state capital Montgomery, arriving there with more than 25,000 people.
Image: Participants marching, with MLK Jr. leading at the front of the procession
![Police Attack Demonstrators in Sharpeville, March 21st, 1960 [michiganintheworld.history.lsa.umich.edu]](https://stahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/event-photos/Events/sharpevilleMassacre.jpg)
On this day in 1960, the Sharpeville Massacre occurred at a police station in Sharpeville, South Africa when police fired into a crowd of anti-apartheid protesters, killing 69 people and injuring at least 180 more.
Image: Police Attack Demonstrators in Sharpeville, March 21st, 1960 [michiganintheworld.history.lsa.umich.edu]
![Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Žižek 2015 at the Bookfair of Leipzig presenting his new book "Some Blasphemic Reflexions" in 2015. Photo by Amrei-Marie [Wikipedia]](https://stahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/event-photos/Individuals/slavojZizek.jpg)
Slavoj Žižek, born on this day in 1949, is a Slovenian communist philosopher and public intellectual. "I am eating from a trash can. [Its name] is ideology. The material force of ideology makes me not see what I am effectively eating."
Image: Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Žižek 2015 at the Bookfair of Leipzig presenting his new book "Some Blasphemic Reflexions" in 2015. Photo by Amrei-Marie [Wikipedia]
On this day in 1947, U.S. President Harry Truman signed the "Loyalty Order", an executive order designed to root out communist influence in the federal government, allowing the FBI to screen federal employees for left-wing sympathies.