Today in history

January 19

1960
59 arrested in civil rights sit in, Chattanooga, TN

1966
The Georgia State House of Representatives refused to seat black state representative Julian Bond because of his endorsement of a Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee statement accusing the United States of violating international law in Vietnam.

In December 1966, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled the exclusion unconstitutional, and Bond was sworn in on January 9, 1967.

Julian Bond

1991
25,000 march in Washington, DC against massive U.S. bombing of Iraq.

1994
“Shoes for Guns” firearm buy-back effort begins in Chicago.