14 April 1924 | A French Jewish girl, Suzette Aaron, was born in Niederbronn-les-Bains.

She arrived at #Auschwitz on 23 August 1942 in a transport of 827 Jews deported from Angers St. Laud. She did not survive.

On this day in 1906, a white mob lynched Horace Duncan and Fred Coker, then lynched Will Allen the next day. All three men were innocent of any offense. calendar.eji.org/racial-injusti…

On this Day of (No) Silence, we recommit ourselves to speaking up for the LGBTQ+ community. You are loved and you are welcome here in Michigan. Let’s keep working together to break the silence and fight for visibility and equality for every Michigander 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

12 April 1938 | A French Jewish girl, Irene Cukier, was born in #Paris .

She arrived at #Auschwitz on 19 August 1942 in a transport of 997 Jews deported from #Drancy . She was among 897 people murdered in gas chambers after the selection.

12 April 1930 | A French Jewish girl, Dora Gottfried, was born in #Paris to Chaya and Selig.

On 23 August 1942 she was killed in a gas chamber at #Auschwitz she was 12 years old.

On this day in 1963, Bull Connor ordered dozens of people, including Dr. King, the Rev. Shuttlesworth, and the Rev. Abernathy, to be violently arrested during an anti-segregation march in Birmingham, AL. calendar.eji.org/racial-injusti…

Following the assassination of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., President Lyndon Johnson urged the passage of the Civil Rights Act as a memorial to the civil rights leader. #OnThisDay in 1968, Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1968 into law. #APeoplesJourney #ANationsStory

11 April 1939 | A Hungarian Jewish boy, Janos Willheim, was born in Salgotarjan.

In 1944 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.

At age 16, Elie Wiesel was one of the more than 21,000 people liberated from Buchenwald #OTD in 1945. 'I knew I would have to bear witness. Everyone who was there is a witness, and everyone who was there is a true witness,' he told NPR in 1988. 📷: National Archives

“Pro-life” would be 20 Sandy Hook students graduating high school next month.

Doctor and Engineer Mae Jemison was the first black woman in space.

She flew aboard the space shuttle Endeavour in 1992, working on experiments including bone cell research.

Dr. Mae Carol Jemison is a physician and retired astronaut. After her medical education and a brief…

11 April 1935 | A Hungarian Jewish girl, Csibi Szilvia Guttman, was born.

In May 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.

Great news! We’ve had some very talented teachers from Wisconsin at our NEH Education workshops. They’ll take what they’ve learned back to their students.

10 April 1929 | A Czech Jewish girl, Ruth Gallusová, was born in #Prague .

She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt Ghetto on 6 September 1943. She did not survive.

Willis Winn, who told photographer Russell Lee that he was 116 years old when the photograph was taken in 1939, is pictured holding a horn with which plantation owners called slaves to work. Winn said his master told him that his birthday was March 10, 1822

When interviewed by…

On this day in 1956, white men attacked Nat King Cole during a segregated performance in Birmingham, Alabama. calendar.eji.org/racial-injusti…

Rita and Rolanda Reinhardt, infant twins born to a Sinti family, were taken from their parents by the Nazis. The babies were used in medical experiments, which Rita survived but Rolanda did not. At least 250,000 Roma were murdered by the Nazis.

Sister Katarzyna Celestyna Faron (born on 24 April 1913), a Servant of the Immaculate Conception of Stara Wieś (SNMNP), kindergarten teacher, mother superior of the house of the order in Brzozów.

She was arrested on a denunciation of the contacts the nuns had with an…

April 1945, the moment of liberation.
This is a train of Jewish prisoners that had been intercepted by Allied Forces. It is the moment they learned that the train was no longer headed for a concentration camp and instead, they had finally been liberated.

9 April 1934 | Hungarian Jewish girl Hajnal Fried was born in Vilmany.

In 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.