by Susan | Jan 30, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
January 30, 1972 In [London]Derry, Northern Ireland, 13 unarmed civil rights demonstrators were shot dead by British Army paratroopers in an event that became known as “Bloody Sunday.” The protesters, all Northern Catholics, were marching in protest of the British...
by Susan | Jan 29, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
January 29, 2009 The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Restoration Act, signed into law by President Barack Obama, revised the old requirement involving the deadline for filing equal pay discrimination suits. The old deadline required that suits be filed within 180 days from...
by Susan | Jan 28, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
January 28, 1573 Frightened and inspired by the St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre of French Protestants the previous August (pictured below), Polish and Lithuanian nobility signed a document guaranteeing religious freedom for adherents of all religious faiths....
by Susan | Jan 27, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
January 27, 1968 The subways and elevated trains in Chicago began allowing anti-Vietnam War ads. The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) had refused to carry the ads for two years. The Illinois ACLU sued on behalf of the Chicago Women for Peace and the North Shore Women...
