by Susan | Mar 17, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
March 16, 2012 On the eve of St. Patrick’s Day, activists dressed up as leprechauns appeared in front of the Embassy of Ireland in Washington, D.C. to protest Irish taxpayer money being used to pay debts of the Anglo-Irish Bank and the Irish Nationwide Building...
by Susan | Mar 16, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
March 16, 1972 Reference librarian Zoia Horn refused to testify against the Harrisburg Seven who were on trial for an alleged conspiracy to kidnap then-National Security Adviser Henry Kissinger. Five of the seven were current or former Catholic priests or nuns. Horn...
by Susan | Mar 15, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
March 15, 1965 President Lyndon Johnson went on national television to pledge his support to the Selma protesters (who had been twice turned back by Alabama state troopers on their attempted march to Montgomery) and call for the passage of a new voting rights bill...
by Susan | Mar 14, 2016 | Monuments
The Mary McLeod Bethune Memorial was the first statue erected on public land in Washington, D.C. to honor an African American and a woman. It is located in Lincoln Park, at East Capitol Street and 12th Street N.E. The statue features an elderly Mrs. Bethune handing a...
by Susan | Mar 14, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
March 14, 2005 Following the murder of former Prime Minister of Lebanon Rafik Hariri in February, a million people took to the streets protesting in Beirut, demanding Syrian withdrawal and the arrest of his...
