by Susan | May 15, 2015 | peacemaker birthdays
May 15, 1938 Diane Nash “Freedom is people realizing that they are their own leaders.” May 16, 1929 Adrienne Rich “The connections between and among women are the most feared, the most problematic, and the most potentially transforming force on the...
by Susan | May 14, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
May 14, 1970 Two African-American students were shot to death and 30 others wounded by local police and state troopers and national guardsmen at primarily black Jackson State University in Mississippi. The two were watching demonstrators protesting the invasion of...
by Susan | May 13, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
May 13, 1888 Brazil, which had imported more African enslaved people than any other country (nearly 40% of the 11 million Africans shipped to the western hemisphere), abolished...
by Susan | May 12, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
May 12, 1963 Bob Dylan walked out of TV dress rehearsals for “The Ed Sullivan Show” when CBS censors tell him he could not perform his “Talking John Birch Society...
by Susan | May 11, 2015 | Monuments
Lanza del Vasto wrote about this statue, officially called Christ, Redeemer of the Andes, in his book Warriors of Peace. When the relations between Argentina and Chile deteriorated, the two armies marched toward each other through the high passes in the Andes. But on...
