The Freedom Day protests take on Chicago Public Schools, and the founding of the National Day of Protest to End Police Brutality. Plus, Surgeon General Everett Koop gets blunt about AIDS, and Lance Armstrong officially loses his medals for doping. It’s all part of This Day in History for October 22, compiled by MainStream MultiMedia.
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Learn about the Medicine Lodge Treaty and its devastating impact on three Native American tribes, President Warren Harding’s stance against lynching, the historic March on the Pentagon, and more. It’s Today in History for October 21 from MainStream MultiMedia.
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Learn about the founding of Planned Parenthood, the historic Million Man March, the Black Power salute by Olympians, Abraham Lincoln’s historic “Peoria speech” against slavery, and more. It’s This Day in History for October 16.
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Learn about the first-ever national “gay” publication, Chaplin’s movie mocking Hitler, the start of the #MeToo Movement, the birth of the Black Panther Party, and more. It’s This Day in History for October 15.
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On this day in history, Martin Luther King, Jr., becomes the youngest man ever to win a Nobel Peace Prize, Anita Bryant receives her legendary pie in the face, a historic march for gay and lesbian rights takes place, and more.
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The October 7 Attacks rocked Israel and the world, President Donald Trump’s first campaign takes a crass turn, Toni Morrison makes history, Elton John “comes out,” and more. It’s This Day in History for October 7.
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“Predictor” just wrapped at Urbana’s Station Theatre and will have its off-Broadway premiere in December. Caleb Sneeden writes in his review how the play by Jennifer Blackmer uses humor and frustration to preserve the story of Meg Crane, inventor of the at-home pregnancy test.
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