by Susan | May 21, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
May 21, 1930 As many as 2,500 protesters filled the local jails for their civil disobedience during a nonviolent “raid” on the Dharasana Salt Works. Column after column of Indians advanced toward the gates and were severely beaten by the native police under British...
by Susan | May 20, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
May 20, 1961 With the local police looking on, 300 white segregationists attacked a busload of both black and white “Freedom Riders” in Montgomery, Alabama’s bus depot. Among those beaten was Justice Department official John Seigenthaler who had tried to negotiate...
by Susan | May 19, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
May 19, 1997 The Sierra Gorda biosphere, the most ecologically diverse region in Mexico, was established to protect the land while providing employment, as a result of grassroots efforts. Dependent on poor subsistence crops and livestock and remittances from the USA,...
by Susan | May 18, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
May 18, 1972 Margaret (Maggie) Kuhn founded the Gray Panthers (originally called the Consultation of Older and Younger Adults for Social Change) to consider the common problems faced by retirees — loss of income, loss of contact with associates, and loss of one of...
by Susan | May 17, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
May 17, 1957 In the “Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom,” probably the first major African-American march on Washington, an estimated 25,000 people marched the third anniversary of Brown v Board of Education to demand civil rights for African-Americans. The Reverend Dr....
