Jan 17, 2021

Armed Black Men Invade Capitol

By Jim Stroud • Issue #83 • View online

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WHEN DID THIS HAPPEN?

Here is a quote from an archived newspaper.

Two dozen armed Negroes entered the state Capitol at noon today and 10 made their way to the back of the Assembly Chamber before they were disarmed and marched away by the state police.

The Assembly was in session at the time and Speaker Pro Tem Carlos Bee ordered the men removed from the chamber.

Outside the chamber, the police took away the weapons. The men argued they could carry the weapons as long as they were not concealed.

Apparently the fact the weapons were not concealed was the reason the men were able to get as far as the Assembly Chamber before they were disarmed.

After the state police questioned the men, they returned the weapons to them because the intruders had broken no law.

Following their release by the state police, the men left the Capitol and rejoined some companions who remained outside during the incident. They then drove off.

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THE LAND OF NO MEN

Where the foothills of Mount Kenya merge into the desert, the people of Samburu have maintained a strict patriarchy for over 500 years in northern Kenya. That is, until 25 years ago, when Rebecca Lolosoli founded Umoja village as a safe haven for the region’s women. Umoja, which means “unity” in Swahili, is quite literally a no man’s land, and the matriarchal refuge is now home to the Samburu women who no longer want to suffer abuses, like genital mutilation and forced marriages, at the hands of men.

Throughout the years, it has also empowered other women in the districts surrounding Samburu to start their own men-excluding villages. Broadly visited Umoja and the villages it inspired to meet with the women who were fed up with living in a violent patriarchy.

The Land of No Men: Inside Kenya's Women-Only Village

LAST WEEK'S PUZZLE ANSWER

BHQ ANSWER

This happened on May 2, 1967. [source]

Further study:

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The Panthers’ Capitol ‘invasion’ all came about as a result of an American racial divide that existed 50 years ago and in some measure continues today.

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Madera Tribune 3 May 1967 — California Digital Newspaper Collection

HEAVILY ARMED: Black Panthers Invade Assembly

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Back in the 1960s, even the NRA supported gun control to disarm the group.

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By Jim Stroud

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