by Susan | May 23, 2016 | Monuments
On May 22, 1963, right-wing forces ran down and killed Grigoris Lambrakis, a leftist member of the Greek Parliament, who had been speaking at a peace meeting. Vassilis Vassilikos based his novel Z on Lambrakis’s death; Costa-Gavras then adapted the novel for his...
by Susan | May 23, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
May 23, 1984 In Edgewood Independent School District et al. v. Kirby et al., a landmark case concerning public school finance, the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund filed suit against commissioner of education William Kirby in Travis County on behalf...
by Susan | May 22, 2016 | Do Something
Spurred by a wave of anti-Semitic vandalism that rocked our city last year, Councilman Nirenberg and Senator Menéndez hope the conversations will help break down barriers and connect us as one family working to make our city a better, more compassionate place. This is...
by Susan | May 22, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
May 24, 1941 Bob Dylan “You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.” May 27, 1911 Hubert Humphrey “This, then, is the test we must set for ourselves; not to march alone but to march in such a way that others will wish to join...
by Susan | May 22, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
May 22, 1856 When Massachusetts Senator Charles Sumner giving a scathing indictment of slavery and his southern colleagues who supported it, South Carolina Representative Preston Brooks took great offense to Sumner’s speech and attacked him at his desk on the Senate...
