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Back in the Dayz

Back in the Dayz. March 1. Puerto Rican nationalists shot five members of Congress in the US House of Representatives as a protest in 1954. The Puerto Ricans sought independence for their country. Back in the Dayz. March 2.

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Back in the Dayz

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  1. Back in the Dayz • March 1

  2. Puerto Rican nationalists shot five members of Congress in the US House of Representatives as a protest in 1954. The Puerto Ricans sought independence for their country.

  3. Back in the Dayz • March 2

  4. The Jones Act was passed on this day in Washington, D.C., in 1917. The act granted United States citizenship to people in Puerto Rico.

  5. Back ‘n da Dayz March 3

  6. Jeannette Rankin began her term in 1917 as the first woman elected to the House of Represent-atives. She served as an at-large member of Con-gress from the state of Montana. Her term ended in 1919. She was elected

  7. to another single term in 1940. During her first term, she voted against the entry of the U.S. into W.W.I. During her second term, she was the only member to vote against U.S. entry into World War II.

  8. Back ‘n da Dayz March 4

  9. Crispus Attucks was killed in the infamous Boston Massacre in 1770. Attucks, a runaway slave, was part of a group of men who, along with most of the colonists in Boston, resented the presence of British soldiers in their city.

  10. Back ‘n da Dayz March 5

  11. In 1857, a decision by the US Supreme Court seemingly guaranteed the continued existence of slavery. In the case of Dred Scott v Sanford, an enslaved African named Dred Scott sued to gain his freedom after his master’s death. Scott’s lawsuit was based on the fact that, having lived in the proslavery state of Missouri, Sanford took Scott to Illinois and Wisconsin, states where

  12. slavery was illegal. After his master’s death, antislavery lawyers helped Scott file his lawsuit. The suit basically said that Scott was a free man. However, the US Supreme Court ruled against Scott with Chief Justice Roger B. Taney saying that Africans, whether enslaved or free, “had no rights which the white man was bound to respect.”

  13. Back ‘n da Dayz March 7

  14. On this day in 1943, the first class of Japanese American seniors graduated from Manzanar High School --a school in the Manzanar Relocation camp in California. The graduating class was made up of 43 seniors.

  15. Back ‘n da Dayz March 8

  16. Alexander Graham Bell secured his place in history on this day in 1876. Bell trans-mitted the first clear tele-phone message to his assistant, Thomas A. Watson. Bell’s words to Watson were, “Come here, Watson, I need you.”

  17. Back ‘n da Dayz March 9

  18. Actor-activist Jane Fonda and 13 Native Americans were arrested in this week in 1970 in Fort Lewis, near Seattle, Washington. The Native Americans were attempting to take over an area army post and turn it into a Native American culture center.

  19. Back ‘n da Dayz March 11

  20. The play A Raisin in the Sun opened to a favorable review on Broadway in New York City in 1959. The play by Lorraine Hansberry described the challenges confronting an African American family from the inner city who, having lived in the slums, tried to improve their lives by leaving the city for a suburban area in the U.S.

  21. Back ‘n da Dayz March 12

  22. General Fulgencio Batista seized power in Cuba on this day in 1952 when a coup under his direction ousted the government of President Carlos Prio Socarras. The coup was similar to that which had brought Socarras into power in 1933.

  23. Back ‘n da Dayz March 13

  24. The play Zoot Suit opened on Broadway in 1979. Written and directed by Luis Valdez, the play was the first written by a Mexican American to

  25. open on Broadway. The play was based on a real-life incident, the “Sleepy Lagoon” murder case in 1942.

  26. Back ‘n da Dayz March 15

  27. In 1493, Columbus returned to Spain. After more that seven months, he arrived in Palos, Spain, along with his crew, natives (whom Columbus dubbed “En Dios”) from the lands he visited, gold and other treasures. Upon his return, King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella gave Columbus many honors, including the titles admiral of the ocean, viceroy and governor of the newly discovered territories.

  28. Back ‘n da Dayz March 16

  29. During this week in 1966, Bill Russell was named head coach of the Boston Celtic’s, An NBA team. He was the first African American to be named an NBA coach.

  30. Back ‘n da Dayz March 17

  31. In celebration of the traditions of their homeland, Irish Americans nationwide celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. The traditional celebration includes parades and the wearing of green throughout the country. In New York City, the annual celebration is marked with a parade down Fifth Avenue. In 1989, a 229-year tradition was broken when Dorothy Hayden Cudahy became the first woman to serve as Grand Marshal of the parade.

  32. Back ‘n da Dayz March 18

  33. During this week in 1949, architect Frank Lloyd Wright won the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Gold Medal Award. One structure Wright is well known for is the Guggenheim Museum in New York City.

  34. Back ‘n da Dayz March 19

  35. During this week in 1889, President Benjamin Harrison opened the former Native American Territory of Oklahoma to “settlement” by European Americans, further reducing Native American settlements.

  36. Back ‘n da Dayz March 20

  37. The spiritual lead of Buddhist Tibetans, the Dalai Lama, was reported missing on this day in 1959. Rumors suggested that the Dalai Lama might have been arrested by the Chinese forces occupying Tibet at the time. Most people, however, believed that the Dalai lama had escaped to India to seek political asylum.

  38. Back ‘n da Dayz March 21

  39. Mexican Americans celebrate the birthday of Benito Juarez. Juarez served in the Mexican House of Representatives, as president of the Supreme Court of Justice, and later as president of Mexico (1858). He was born in 1806.

  40. Back ‘n da Dayz March 22

  41. African American inventors Latimer and Tregonin received a patent for a globe support for electric lamps in 1882. This was one of two patents received by the inventor team. Latimer is also the sole inventor and holder of three other patents.

  42. Back ‘n da Dayz March 23

  43. In 1942, General DeWitt issued Civilian Exclusion Order #1, calling for the removal of persons of Japanese ancestry from Bainbridge Island, in Washington state.

  44. Back ‘n da Dayz March 24

  45. In 1942, General DeWitt issued Civilian Exclusion Order #1, calling for the removal of persons of Japanese ancestry from Bainbridge Island, Washington.

  46. Back ‘n da Dayz March 24

  47. Italian American civil rights leader Viola Gregg Luizzo was killed by members of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) while transporting participants of the Selma-to-Montgomery civil rights march of 1965.

  48. Back ‘n da Dayz March 25

  49. In 1985, Dr. Haing S. Ngor was awarded an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in the movie The Killing Fields. He was the first person to win an Oscar for a first acting performance. Tragically, he was murdered by three gang members in Los Angeles on February 25, 1996.

  50. Back ‘n da Dayz March 26

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