Sunday Open Thread: June 11 is Kamehameha Day

Politics On June 11, 1920, during the Republican National Convention the Party leaders gathered in a room at the Blackstone Hotel to choose their candidate for President. As a result, the A.P. coined the phrase "smoke filled room".

US History It is 4 days until Juneteenth; 4 days and 152 years and equality before the law, let alone full equality is still pretty much of a hoax.

Civil Rights On June 11, 1963, George Wallace stood in a door at the University of Alabama trying to block two black students, Vivian Malone and James Hood, from attending 'Bama. With the help of federalized National Guard troops, they were able to register later in the day.

Also on June 11, 1963, JFK proposed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that would revolutionize American society. The act was intended to guarante equal access to public facilities, end segregation in education and protect voting rights.

On June 11, 1971, The U.S. Government forcibly removed the last Native American Occupiers of Alcatraz, ending 19 months of Native American control of said surplus property.

Science On June 11, 1935, Edwin Armstrong demonstrated FM broadcasting for the first time in the US, paving the way for the "Album Rock" stations of the sixties

Art On June 11, 1936, The London International Surrealist Exhibition opened. 58 artists participated plus 12 others who exhibited objects ---

Dali was there <

Picasso

Ernst

Giacometti

Miro

Duchamp

And Magritte

the Penguins, (with Johnny Otis grinning in from the left)

the Moonglows

The Orioles,

  and The Five Satins

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