by Susan | Dec 16, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
December 16, 1965 High school students in Des Moines, Iowa, were suspended for wearing black armbands to “mourn the deaths on both sides” and in support of Robert Kennedy’s call for a Christmas truce. The students sued the Des Moines School District,...
by Susan | Dec 15, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
December 15, 1989 A popular uprising that resulted in the downfall of Romania’s Nicolae Ceausescu began as demonstrators gathered in Timisoara to prevent the arrest of the Reverend Laszlo Tokes, a dissident...
by Susan | Dec 14, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
December 14, 1939 The Soviet Union was expelled from the League of Nations for invading...
by Susan | Dec 13, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
December 13, 2006 Botswana’s High Court ruled that the country’s Bushmen were entitled to live and hunt on their ancestral lands in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve, in judgment hailed as victory for the...
by Susan | Dec 12, 2016 | Monuments
The Bernard Lown Peace Bridge that crosses the Androscoggin River honors Dr. Bernard Lown, a world-renowned cardiologist & peace activist. Born in Lithuania on June 7, 1921, Dr. Lown and his family emigrated to the USA in 1935 & settled in Lewiston. He...
