Today, Aug 21, 1831, was the start of the rebellion led by Nat Turner. It was the largest revolt by enslaved Africans in United States history.
Turner and the other participants took action, they did not wait on legislation, policy or elections to challenge their oppressors.
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Mexico City, Mexico
Mexican salamanders walk on grass during a media presentation of a conservation project to preserve the species in Xochimilco
Photograph: Toya Sarno Jordan/Reuters
On this day, 21 August 1981, 140 mostly women workers at the Lee Jeans factory in Greenock, Scotland returned to work after winning a seven-month occupation of the plant against closure, having won their jobs back. https://www.facebook.com/workingclasshistory/photos/a.1819457841572691/2063138490537957/?type=3






