November 22, 1909 In New York City, the International Ladies Garment Workers Union went on strike against sweatshop conditions in what became known as the “Uprising of the 20,000” and the “Girl’s Revolt.” The strikers won the support of other workers and the women’s suffrage movement for their persistence and unity in the face of police brutality and biased courts. A judge told arrested pickets: “You are on strike against God.” This was the first mass strike by women in the U.S. ILGWU timeline |
| November 22, 1963 President John F. Kennedy was shot dead in Dallas during a motorcade. Vice President Lyndon Johnson was sworn in as president within hours. |
November 22, 1968 What is believed to be the first interracial kiss on U.S. broadcast television occurred in an episode of Star Trek between William Shatner and Nichelle Nichols. More about this kiss |
| November 22, 1998 7,000 marched on the U.S. Army’s School of the Americas (SOA) at Fort Benning, outside Columbus, Georgia.They were protesting the school’s training of Latin American soldiers and other security personnel who return to their countries and are involved in violence and oppression of their populations. 2,319 people were arrested for trespassing. Protests at the School of the Americas, organized by SOA Watch, occur every November. The school is now known by the U.S. Army as the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation.  2002 protest at SOA Visit School of the Americas watch. |
https://www.peacebuttons.info/E-News/peacehistorynovember.htm#november22
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I remember the news coverage of the JFK assassination, and especially of the funeral procession.
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I was slightly older than young John when this happened, and don’t recall when I very first heard it. I remember watching this (not in color, of course!) with my family: grandparents, aunt and uncle, mother and father, my infant sister, cousins, too. All were crying except my dad who still appeared upset about it but was a Goldwater man at that time. It’s OK to smile at that this many years on.
Killing is what the right-wingers do, sooner or later. We’ve seen throughout our lifetimes, and can look at history to see it, too.
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In November 1963 I was 5. I too remember seeing that coverage (in B&W). I still vividly remember that salute. I don’t really remember who else was present watching it. Me and family is … complicated.
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This was 3 yr. before my family became complicated. But, it’s a shared memory, anyway! Of the people I was with, only myself and my sister survive.
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