Events:
June 25, 2pm ET: Join this month's Narrative Research Lab webinar. Julie Fisher-Rowe and Porshèa Patterson-Hurst of The Opportunity Agenda will present on audience stances on relevant issues such as political and racial division, systemic racism, immigration as compiled in analysis by Lake Research and Symphonic Strategies. Register here.
June is LGBTQ Pride Month, Immigrant Heritage Month, and African American Music Month
June 20: World Refugee Day
Birthdays, Anniversaries, and Cultural Hooks:
June 12, 1967 - Supreme Court decision in Loving v. Virginia ends bans on interracial marriage
June 12, 1987 - President Ronald Reagan delivers his "Tear down this wall" speech
June 13, 1966 - Supreme Court decision in Ernesto Miranda v. Arizona creates law enforcement procedure of reminding suspects of their rights when being arrested
June 15, 2012 - President Barack Obama announces DACA program for childhood immigrants
June 15, 1982 - Supreme Court decision in Plyler v. Doe forbids states from denying immigrants K-12 education
June 19, 1865 - Emancipation frees the last enslaved Americans in Texas, now known as Juneteenth.
June 20, 1944 - President Truman signs the G.I. Bill
June 26, 2018 - Supreme Court upholds third iteration of President Donald Trump's Muslim Ban
June 27, 2015 - Activist Bree Newsome removes Confederate battle flag at South Carolina Capitol
June 28, 1969 - Stonewall uprising in New York City
June 29, 1956 - President Dwight Eisenhower signs the Federal Aid Highway Act
June 29, 1972 - Supreme Court decision in Furman v. Georgia ends death penalty, a decision revisited and overturned by the court four years later
June 30, 2018 - Nationwide protests against President Donald Trump's policy of separating immigrant families
