by Susan | Aug 21, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
August 21, 1939 In an action coordinated by a young black attorney, five African-American men applied for library cards in Alexandria, Virginia’s new library. When they were refused because of their race, each quietly took a book from the shelves, sat down and...
by Susan | Aug 20, 2016 | Nobel Peace Prize Laureates
The 1965 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). In her presentation speech, Mrs. Aase Lionaes, a member of the Nobel Committee, said this, which is still true today: “Today the people of the developing countries are...
by Susan | Aug 20, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
August 20, 2014 Russian police arrested four people who climbed a Moscow skyscraper, attached a Ukrainian flag to its spire and painted the upper part of the massive golden-colored star on top of the spire blue, so that it would also resemble the yellow-blue Ukrainian...
by Susan | Aug 19, 2016 | Friday's Film
Rolling Stone called it “The best film about dissent in America.” In Peter Watkins’ 1971 film, the war in Vietnam is escalating and there is massive public protest in the United States. President Nixon declares a state of national emergency and gives...
by Susan | Aug 19, 2016 | Nobel Peace Prize Laureates
The 1964 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Martin Luther King, Jr., of the United States, a campaigner for civil rights, “first person in the Western world to have shown us that a struggle can be waged without violence.” In what is one of the world’s...
