by Susan | Aug 11, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
August 11, 1943 Conscientious objectors at the Danbury Federal Prison in Connecticut, incarcerated for refusing to cooperate with the draft during World War II, staged a hunger strike to protest racial segregation of the dining hall. The strike, which began on this...
by Susan | Aug 10, 2016 | Nobel Peace Prize Laureates
The 1953 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to George Catlett Marshall, of the United States, a US Army General; President American Red Cross; Former Secretary of State and of Defense; Delegate U.N.; Originator of [the Marshall Plan. In his Nobel lecture he promoted peace...
by Susan | Aug 10, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
August 10, 1931 The Wickersham Commission, appointed by President Herbert Hoover, was the first federal study of the American criminal justice system. It published 14 volumes on different aspects of crime and criminal justice. The most famous report was “Lawlessness...
by Susan | Aug 9, 2016 | Nobel Peace Prize Laureates
The 1952 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Albert Schweitzer, of France, a missionary surgeon; founder of Lambaréné (République de Gabon.) In his Nobel lecture he said: “Only when an ideal of peace is born in the minds of the peoples will the institutions set up...
by Susan | Aug 9, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
August 9, 1956 20,000 women demonstrated against the pass laws in Pretoria, South Africa. Pass laws required that Black Africans carry identity documents with them at all...
