Berta Cáceres was a Honduran environmental and indigenous activist who was assassinated on this day in 2016 by a squad of hitmen with ties to the Honduran military, an energy company she campaigned against, and the U.S. government.
Image: A photo of Berta Cáceres, unknown year [Wikipedia]
On this day in 1955, 15-year old Claudette Colvin was arrested in Montgomery, Alabama for refusing to give up her seat to a white woman, nine months before the more widely known incident with Rosa Parks.
Image: Claudette Colvin at 13 years old, April 20th, 1953 [blackpast.org]
On this day in 1964, a group of indigenous rights activists, among them actor Marlon Brando and Puyallup tribal leader Bob Satiacum, illegally fished in the Puyallup River to demand treaty rights to Native Americans.
Image: Actor Marlon Brando and Puyallup tribal leader Bob Satiacum just before Brando's arrest during a fish-in, March 2nd, 1964 [historylink.org]