On this day in 1964


by Mississippi Today

Mississippi Today— On this day in 1964, civil rights activists started the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party to challenge Mississippi’s all-white regular delegation to the Democratic National Convention.

The Nation—Every Day Is Press Freedom Day. Every Day Is Press Freedom Day Optical elusions.

KHON2—History of Lei Day is May Day in Hawai’i. In the ahupuaʻa of Waiākea, which lies in the moku of Hilo on the island of Hawaiʻi, stands a street which brings our attention to Hawaiʻi’s garland.

Arizona Daily Sun—May Day as Workers' Day | | azdailysun.com. On May 1, 1916, employees of the Puritan Underwear Company participated in the May Day worker’s parade in New York City. As captured in a photograph by the Bain News