Facts on 15 February
1961 - Protest at U.N. Over Assassination of Patrice Lumumba

U.S. civil rights activists and African nationalists disrupted United Nations sessions to protest the assassination of Congolese Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba. The protest brought international attention to Lumumba’s murder and highlighted concerns about foreign intervention in African affairs during the decolonization era.

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