by Susan | Oct 19, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
October 19, 1960 Martin Luther King, Jr., and 36 others were jailed after being arrested during a sit-in at the at the Magnolia Room at Rich’s Department Store. where they requested service and were refused on account of their race. Charges were dropped for the sit-in...
by Susan | Oct 18, 2015 | peacemaker birthdays
October 19, 1895 Lewis Mumford “War vies with magic in its efforts to get something for nothing.” October 22, 1887 John Reed “War means an ugly mob-madness, crucifying the truth tellers, choking the artists, sidetracking reforms, revolutions, and the...
by Susan | Oct 18, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
October 18, 1767 Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon completed their survey of the boundary between the colonies of Pennsylvania and Maryland as well as areas that would eventually become the states of Delaware and West Virginia. The Penn and Calvert families had hired...
by Susan | Oct 17, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
October 17, 1968 Olympic gold medalist Tommie Smith and bronze medalist John Carlos were forced to return their awards because they raised their fists in a black-power salute during the medal ceremony. When they got to the podium for the medal ceremony, Smith and...
by Susan | Oct 16, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
October 16, 1864 Abraham Lincoln, then a Congressional hopeful, delivered a speech regarding the Kansas-Nebraska Act, which Congress had passed five months earlier. In his speech, the future president denounced the the act and outlined his views on slavery, which he...
