February 6
1943
US government requires the 110,000 Japanese-Americans imprisoned in internment camps to answer loyalty surveys.
1956
Autherine Lucy became the first black person to attend the University of Alabama on February 3rd. She was suspended on this day after three days of riots following her court-ordered enrollment. It is unclear why the University did not elect to suspend the rioters.
Autherine J. Lucy and her attorney Thurgood Marshall
1961
The civil rights jail-in movement begins when students in Rock Hill, South Carolina are arrested & demand jail time rather than fines.
1985
The Molesworth Common Peace Camp was evicted by the British Army at a Royal Air Force base. The 300 inhabitants were nonviolently protesting the establishment of U.S. cruise missiles there. Peace camps were established at several locations in Europe in the early 1980’s to protest nuclear weapons.
Molesworth Common peace camp
1989
Last person shot to death crossing the Berlin Wall, Chris Gueffroy.
Deanna Dee-Dee Taylor 