May 14
1832
The Black Hawk War begins when untrained American recruits attack Sauk Indian peace envoys.
1941
The first groups of WWII conscientious objectors (COs) were ordered to report to camp at Patapsco, Maryland.
World War II COs
1961
Greyhound bus with the first group of Freedom Riders is bombed and burned near Anniston, Alabama.
1969
14-May Police build fence around People’s Park in Berkeley, California.
1970
Two African-American students were shot to death and 30 others wounded by government troops at primarily black Jackson State University in Mississippi. The two were watching demonstrators protesting the invasion of Cambodia and racial discrimination from a nearby dormitory tower. Two days of riots ensued in Jackson resulting in curfews and sealing off of the city.
1970
Seminole tribes of Florida & Oklahoma are awarded $12.2 million for lands taken “under duress.”
2000
Hundreds of thousands participate in the Million Mom March for gun safety
Deanna Dee-Dee Taylor 