Early in the morning of Monday, December 5, 1955, the buses of Montgomery, Alabama began their routes, expecting to pick up and carry tens of thousands of commuters to the first workday of the week. But as the routes continued throughout the morning, it became clear...
On November 1, 1954, the Algerian Revolution began when the Algerian National Liberation Front (FLN) began a guerilla warfare campaign against French colonial military forces in Algeria. The revolution, also known as the Algerian War of Independence, concluded in 1962...
The end of October marks the anniversary of the 1929 stock market crash. The stock market plummeted on October 29, 1929, initiating the Great Depression. In the decade leading up to the crash, the United States had gone through an economic boom. The “Roaring Twenties”...
On October 16th, 1859, John Brown and eighteen of his comrades raided the U.S. Arsenal at Harper’s Ferry, West Virginia. Their aim was to spark a slave insurrection that would destroy the southern slave economy, or at the very least to accelerate the...
Labor Day is a holiday in the United States that supposedly celebrates the achievements and history of working people. Some politicians and union officials may give speeches celebrating the efforts of the nation’s working people. There will probably be some “Labor...
