by Susan | Mar 28, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
March 28, 1930 The City of Constantinople changed to Istanbul. Constantinople (“City of Constantine”) was the principal official name of the city from the Fifth Century throughout the Byzantine period, and the Ottoman Empire. İstanbul was the common name...
by Susan | Mar 27, 2016 | peacemaker birthdays
March 27, 1950 Julia Alvarez “The point is not to pay back kindness but to pass it on.” March 29, 1918 Pearl Bailey “Hungry people cannot be good at learning or producing anything, except perhaps violence.” March 31, 1927 César Chávez...
by Susan | Mar 27, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
March 27, 1962 Archbishop Joseph Francis Rummel called for all Roman Catholic schools in the city of New Orleans to end their segregation policies. Protesters gathered outside his residence carrying signs declaring that the Bible preaches segregation. When three...
by Susan | Mar 26, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
March 26, 1812 A political cartoon in the Boston Gazette coins the term “gerrymander” to describe oddly shaped electoral districts designed to help incumbents win reelection. The term is derived from Governor Elbridge Gerry, who redistricted Massachusetts...
by Susan | Mar 25, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
March 25, 1811 Poet Percy Bysshe Shelley was expelled from the University College, Oxford for publishing the pamphlet “The Necessity of Atheism.” In fighting for his God everyone, in fact, fights only for the interests of his own vanity, which, of all the...
