by Susan | Nov 4, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
November 4, 1956 In response to protests that began in October, Soviet tanks rolled into Budapest. The city endured days of heavy shelling and street battles, and Hungarians started to flee at the rate of thousands a day to neighboring Austria. By the time the borders...
by Susan | Nov 3, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
November 3, 1883 The U.S. Supreme Court, in its decision Ex Parte Crow Dog, declared Native Americans were not subject to U.S. law: “It tries them, not by their peers, nor by the customs of their people, nor the law of their land, but by superiors of a different...
by Susan | Nov 2, 2015 | Monuments
The Madre del Mundo Statue was created by artist/potter/sculptor Marsha Gomez; she designed the Madre to be inclusive of all women, so each could see herself in the image, whether African-American, Asian, American Indian, Hispanic or white. Many see the image as Mary;...
by Susan | Nov 2, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
November 2, 1966 A Federal Court District Judge ruled that the Girard College Board of Trustees could not deny admission to seven African American applicants solely on the basis of race. The college was founded in 1848 by Philadelphia merchant and banker Stephen...
by Susan | Nov 1, 2015 | Fables
A water bearer in India had two large pots, each hung on each end of a pole which he carried across his neck. One of the pots had a crack in it, and while the other pot was perfect and always delivered a full portion of water at the end of the long walk from the...
