by Susan | Aug 7, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
August 7, 1978 President Jimmy Carter declared a federal emergency at Love Canal, a suburb of Niagara Falls, NY, due to 22,000 barrels of toxic waste that had been disposed of negligently. Ten years after the incident, New York State Health Department Commissioner...
by Susan | Aug 6, 2016 | Nobel Peace Prize Laureates
No Nobel Peace Prize was awarded in 1948 because “there was no suitable living candidate.” This is now acknowledged to be a tribute to Mohandas Gandhi, who was assassinated in January of that year. The 1949 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Lord (John) Boyd...
by Susan | Aug 6, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
August 6, 1975 Congresswoman Barbara Jordan (D-TX) led an effort to have the 1965 Voting Rights Act was expanded to include language minorities. Congress amended the definition of “test or device” to prohibit laws requiring ballots and voting information...
by Susan | Aug 5, 2016 | Nobel Peace Prize Laureates
The 1947 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the Friends Service Council, of the United Kingdom and to the American Friends Service Committee, of the United States, for their compassion for others and the desire to help them. The Nobel Peace Prize is one of the five...
by Susan | Aug 5, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
August 5, 1884 The Statue of Liberty‘s cornerstone was laid on Bedloe’s Island, New York Harbor to begin the assembly and ascension of the gift to the US from the people of...
