Matching Pairs When did this event happen?Online version Choose the date that you think the event happened on. This is not to test you seriously; it's just to see how recent you think these events happened. by Fara DuBois 1 James Byrd, Jr. is beaten by 3 White men before being dragged behind a pickup truck for 2 miles, ultimately causing his dismemberment. 2 Tennessee ratifies the 13th Amendment. 3 The Center for Investigative Reporting issues findings that California sterilized nearly 150 incarcerated women in a 5-year period. 4 A middle school in Nyack, NY served chicken and waffles with a side of watermelon on the first day of Black History Month. 5 Jonny Gammage is stopped by Pittsburgh police for a routine traffic violation. Five officers kill him by pinning him face down on the pavement until he asphyxiates. (All officers were acquitted/have charges dismissed). 6 A White supervisor at a cotton gin in Memphis, TN threatens to hang Black workers for drinking from a "White" drinking fountain. 7 Mississippi ratifies the 13th Amendment. 8 The League of the South asks Congress to pay $5 billion in reparations for "property" (including enslaved people) taken or destroyed by the Union in the Civil War. 9 Tuner County High School (Ashburn, GA) holds its first racially integrated prom. 10 Wilcox County High School (Abbeville, GA) holds first racially integrated prom. June 7, 1998 April 8, 1997 October 12, 1995 April 21, 2007 May 29, 2013 April 13, 2001 July 17, 2013 February 1, 2023 August 5, 2014 March 16, 1995