1865. 1920. 1960. 2020.

1865.

June 19—“Juneteenth,” also called Emancipation Day—commemorates the day in 1865 that the Emancipation Proclamation was read to enslaved African Americans in Texas and is now honored in 47 states.

[Historian Michael Beschloss]

1920.

Postcard depicting the lynching of LIGE DANIELS, Center, Texas. August 3, 1920. The back reads, “This was made in the court yard in Center, Texas. He is a 16 year old Black boy.

1960.

Protester harassed during sit-in at segregated drugstore lunch counter, Arlington, Virginia, 1960.

[Historian Michael Beschloss]

2020.

This still image taken from a May 25, 2020, video courtesy of Darnella Frazier via Facebook, shows a Minneapolis, Minnesota, police officer arresting, and suffocating, George Floyd. 

[DARNELLA FRAZIER/FACEBOOK/DARNELLA FRAZIER/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES]

‘Collective anger, anguish, and grief.’

-Trymaine Lee

@trymainelee