by Susan | Sep 17, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
September 17, 1787 The US Constitution was officially adopted, in Philadelphia. September 17, 1944 The Dutch begin a railroad strike against German occupiers to prevent the transportation of Jews to concentration camps in the East as well as prevent the movement of...
by Susan | Sep 16, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
September 16, 1837 William Whipper, a Negro from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, published “An Address on Non-Resistance to Offensive Aggression” in the The Colored American, outlining his commitment to a strictly non-violent response to the evils of...
by Susan | Sep 15, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
September 15, 1963 During Sunday School, 15 sticks of dynamite blew apart the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, killing four children in the basement changing room and injuring 23 others. A week before the bombing Governor George C. Wallace had...
by Susan | Sep 14, 2015 | Monuments
When this statue was unveiled in 1995, the UK Independent called it a “tank sandwich.” The 5,000 ton pyramid was designed by Armand Fernandez, who tried to peddle the concept to the city of Strasbourg, France during D-Day celebrations in the early 1970s...
by Susan | Sep 14, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
September 14, 1872 A joint arbitration commission ordered Great Britain to pay the US $15.5 million as compensation for damages during the Civil War. The peaceful resolution of these claims seven years after the war ended set an important precedent for solving serious...
