June 2, 1924: President Calvin Coolidge signs the Indian Citizenship Act into law 

President Calvin Coolidge signed the Indian Citizenship Act into law on June 2, 1924. It granted national citizenship to all indigenous people living in the United States — an estimated 125,000 to 300,000 people who had not previously been recognized as citizens. (Photo: The Library of Congress, LC-USZ62-111409)

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY June 2, 1863: Harriet Tubman Frees Nearly 800 People

Combahee River Raid. Harper’s Weekly, July 4, 1863.

#tdih 1863 Harriet Tubman planned and guided a significant armed raid against Confederate forces, supply depots, and plantations along the Combahee River in coastal SC. Nearly 800 people freed.

June 2, 1863: Harriet Tubman Frees Nearly 800 People