by Susan | Jan 8, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
January 8, 1973 The Federal Communications Commission held a 2-hour hearing on a proposal made by a citizen’s action group called Action for Children’s Television (ACT) to ban advertisements during children’s television shows. Responding to concerns...
by Susan | Jan 7, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
January 7, 1972 A British naval frigate collided with an Icelandic gunboat inside the 200 mile exclusion zone for foreign trawlers Iceland iwas enforcing since 1958. This was known as “the cod war,” with both sides claiming different legal rights. Iceland...
by Susan | Jan 6, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
January 6, 1941 “In the future days, which we seek to make secure, we look forward to a world founded upon four essential human freedoms. The first is freedom of speech and expression—everywhere in the world. The second is freedom of every person to worship God in his...
by Susan | Jan 5, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
January 5, 2012 Police fired tear gas and beat protesters to force them out of a square they had occupied in an overnight sit-in in Nigeria’s northern city of Kano as part of demonstrations over soaring fuel prices. About 300 people were wounded and 19...
by Susan | Jan 4, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
January 4, 1965 Hundreds of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) supporters, who had journeyed by bus from Mississippi, supported the Challenge to the seating of the Mississippi delegation. It is illegal to carry signs or conduct a protest inside Capitol...
