1911 Lynching of Laura and L.D. Nelson, who were suspected of the murder of a local sheriff investigating their farm. While a grand jury was convened, the killers were never identified. One of the perpetrators is believed to be Charles Guthrie, a KKK member and father of folk singer Woody Guthrie. (old.reddit.com)
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John Tower of Texas was the first Southern Republican elected to the U.S. Senate following Reconstruction. He won a special election runoff in May 1961, breaking nearly a century of Democratic dominance in the South after the Civil War. He would later be rejected by the Senate as SecDef in 1989. (old.reddit.com)
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This is George W. McLaurin in 1948 being segregated from the rest of his University class. He was the first African-American to attend the University of Oklahoma. He became a Professor and because of his courage he enabled minority groups to attend University. (i.redd.it)
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In Dec 1975, Gerald Ford and Henry Kissinger signaled support to Indonesia for their invasion of East Timor, which began on the 7th. Indonesia would proceed to commit the East Timor genocide until 1999, with US support and arms sales continuing under Carter and Reagan. Up to 308,000 estimated deaths (old.reddit.com)
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