by Susan | Aug 19, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
August 19, 1791 Benjamin Banneker sent a copy of his just-published almanac to Secretary of State, Thomas Jefferson, along with an appeal on behalf of African-Americans’ “humiliating condition (slavery)…” He wrote, “… Sir, how...
by Susan | Aug 18, 2016 | Nobel Peace Prize Laureates
The 1963 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the International Committee of the Red Cross and the League of Red Cross Societies, both based in Switzerland, for their work in the protection of human rights in the ICRC’s 100 years of existence. The Red Cross had its...
by Susan | Aug 18, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
August 18, 2010 A leading Venezuelan newspaper replaced front-page photos with the word “censored” to protest a court’s month-long ban on the publication of information and photos about...
by Susan | Aug 17, 2016 | Wednesday on the Web
This is a FANTASTIC survey of the music of the civil rights movement. President Obama’s introduction is top notch. Don’t miss Natalie Cole quoting Diane Nash on the power of nonviolence (starting at minute 14:15.) Following a short clip of MLK citing...
by Susan | Aug 17, 2016 | Nobel Peace Prize Laureates
The 1962 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Linus Carl Pauling, of the United States, for his campaign against nuclear weapons testing. In 1954 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, making him the only person to win two undivided Nobel Prizes. In his Nobel...
