by Susan | May 29, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
May 29, 1932 In the depths of the Great Depression, the Bonus Expeditionary Force, a group of 1,000 World War I veterans seeking to cash in their veterans’ bonus certificates, arrived in Washington, D.C. Though issued to the veterans in 1924, the certificates were not...
by Susan | May 28, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
May 28, 1892 The Sierra Club, America’s oldest grassroots environmental organization, was organized in San Francisco with wilderness explorer John Muir as its first president. The organization’s initial effort was to defeat a proposed reduction in the boundaries...
by Susan | May 27, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
May 27, 1963 The record album, The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan, which featured the song “Blowin’ in the Wind,” was...
by Susan | May 26, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
May 26, 1940 The U.S. Supreme Court ruled a sit-down strike was not a violation of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act even if it interfered with interstate commerce. The Court said that if the strike were found to be a restraint of trade, then “practically every strike in...
by Susan | May 25, 2015 | Good to Know!
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