A Black August timeline by Yaiyr Carter
Black August Timeline
08.01.1856 - North Carolina: Fugitive slaves fought a fierce battle against slaveholders who tried to capture them.
08.01.1914 - Marcus Garvey founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association.
08.01.1979 - Black Panther Veronza Bowers attempted self-liberation from USP Lompoc.
08.02.1850 - Underground Railroad was founded.
08.05.1970 - Black Panther Party's Minister of Defense, Huey P. Newton won his release from prison after 4 years of being held captive for defending himself from the pigs.
08.07. 1970 - Jonathan Jackson killed in battle while attempting to liberate William Christmas, James McClain & Ruchell Cinque Magee (the only survivor).
08.08.1879 - Mexican revolutionary, Emiliano Zapata, was born.
08.08.1949 - Black revolutionary, Dr. Mutulu Shakur, was born.
08.08.1978 - Philadelphia: members of MOVE defended
themselves from police assault.
08.10.1609 - Mexico: former slaves founded the town of San Lorenzo de los Negros.
08.11.1965 - Watts: thousands began 5 day revolt against white supremacist cops.
08.11.1970 - NYC: prisoners in multiple jails rose up against oppression, seizing control & capturing oppressors.
8-11-1973 Bronx, NY: Hip Hop was born at DJ Cool Herc's sister's party.
08.12.2015 - Hugo Pinell of the San Quentin 6 killed by white supremacists in prison.
08.13.1920 - The Pan-African flag was created.
08.15.1900 - NYC: riots erupted after white cop was killed while assaulting a man of Afrikan heritage.
08.16.1965 - North Philadelphia: urban revolt against white supremacy.
08.17.1887 - Honorable Marcus Garvey was born.
08.17.1955 - NY: work strike at Comstock Prison.
08.17.1995 - International peoples resistance stopped the scheduled execution of Mumia Abu Jamal.
08.17.1998 - Gaspe, Canada: armed standoff between Micmac tribal people & the Quebec
08.18.1971 - Mississippi: Republic of New Afrika defends themselves from attack by FBI and police.
08.19.1967 - New Haven, Connecticut: large-scale urban revolt against white supremacy.
08.20.1985 - Ohio: prisoners rose up and aired their grievances over the radio.
08.21.1831 - Virginia: Nat Turner led revolt, exacting people's justice on over 50 slaveholders.
08.21.1971 - San Quentin: George L. Jackson assassinated by guards.
08.22.1791 - Haiti: enslaved Afrikans rose to fight for independence.
08.22.1989 - Black Panther Party cofounder, Huey P. Newton, murdered.
08.23.1917 - Houston, IX: Black soldiers engaged in street skirmishes, leaving more than 17 Euro-American racists dead.
08.24.1943 - Russell "Maroon" Shoatz was born.
08.24.2003 - Black Liberation fighter Safiya Bukhari died at age 53
8.26.1966 - Namibia: Southwest African People's Organization began armed struggle for liberation..
08.27.1963 - W.E.B. Dubois died in Ghana.
08.28.1971 - San Francisco, CA: Black Panthers, Jalil Muntagim & Nuh Washington captured after shootout with pigs.
8-29-1974 - New York: Imprisoned women revolted and seized control of Bedford Hills Correctional Facility.
08.30.1800 - Gabriel's rebellion.
08.30.1856 - Osawatomie, KS: John Brown & family/followers waged war against pro-slavery forces.
08.30.1948 - Chicago Black Panther Party Chairman Fred Hampton was born.
