Equal Justice Initiative
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- On this day in 1970, police opened fire on a crowd of students at Jackson State College in Mississippi, killing two students and injuring dozens more.
- On this day in 1898, Louisiana adopted a new constitution that excluded Black voters and jurors using restrictions like a poll tax and discriminatory literacy and property requirements.
- On this day in 1926, a white mob in LaBelle, Florida, lynched a young Black man named Henry Patterson for stopping at the home of a white woman to ask for a drink of water.
- EJI has announced 37 winners of the 2025 Montgomery Public Schools Legacy Scholarship. The scholarship, which gives $10,000 to each recipient, is awarded to graduating seniors from each of the eight Montgomery public high schools.
- On this day in 1740, South Carolina barred enslaved Black people from learning to read, earning money, and gathering, and authorized white enslavers to whip and kill them for being "rebellious."
- This Juneteenth, EJI will offer free admission to the Legacy Sites and will feature concerts performed by Grammy-award winning artists including Yolanda Adams, Donald Lawrence, Terence Blanchard, and more. Tickets available now.
