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Baixa de Cassanje revolt (1961)Jan 4th, 1961
On this day in 1961, cotton plantation workers in the Baixa de Cassanje region of Angola protested for better working conditions, an act which escalated into a period of open rebellion and war against Portuguese colonizers.
Image: Transporting Cotonang Equipment through flooded areas of the Baixa 1968 [journals.openedition.org]
CLR James (1901 - 1989)Jan 4th, 1901
CLR James, born on this day in 1901, was a Trinidadian historian and journalist whose works include "The Black Jacobins", a history of the Haitian Revolution, and "World Revolution", detailing the rise and fall of the Communist International.