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Today in Antiracism History - January 21, 2022

January 21, 2022
On this day in 1948, Mississippi Senator James Eastland, an ardent segregationist, successfully blocked the passage of a federal anti-lynching bill.

*Information provided courtesy of the Equal Justice Initiative’s 2022 calendar, “A History of Racial Injustice”.

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