by Susan | Jun 19, 2016 | peacemaker birthdays
June 19, 1945 Aung San Suu Kyi “It is not power that corrupts but fear. Fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it and fear of the scourge of power corrupts those who are subject to it.” June 24, 1542 St. John of the Cross “If a man wishes to...
by Susan | Jun 19, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
June 19, 1939 The American Library Association adopted the Library Bill of Rights, partiality in response to events in Nazi Germany, where Jews were barred from libraries, and books by Jewish authors and other works disfavored by the Nazi regime were burned. It says,...
by Susan | Jun 18, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
June 18, 1452 Pope Nicholas V issued the papal bull Dum Diversas. It authorized Alfonso V of Portugal to reduce any “Saracens (Muslims) and pagans and any other unbelievers” to perpetual slavery. This facilitated the Portuguese slave trade from West...
by Susan | Jun 17, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
June 17, 1954 Operation Wetback” began, a federal immigration enforcement effort directed at Mexicans who had entered the U.S. illegally. The offensive name of the program was symptomatic of the cultural and political climate of the times. An estimated 107,000 people...
by Susan | Jun 16, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
June 16, 1933 President Roosevelt signed the Banking Act, including the Glass–Steagall provisions which separated commercial from investment banking. The 1999 Gramm–Leach–Bliley Act (GLBA) repealed the two provisions restricting affiliations between banks and...
