by Susan | Apr 10, 2015 | National Poetry Month
Pile the bodies high at Austerlitz and Waterloo. Shovel them under and let me work– I am the grass; I cover all. And pile them high at Gettysburg And pile them high at Ypres and Verdun. Shovel them under and let me work. Two years, ten years, and the passengers...
by Susan | Apr 10, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
April 10, 1998 The Northern Ireland peace talks ended with an historic accord—called the Good Friday Agreement—reached after nearly two years of talks and 30 years of...
by Susan | Apr 9, 2015 | National Poetry Month
Now we will count to twelve and we will all keep still. For once on the face of the earth let’s not speak in any language, let’s stop for one second, and not move our arms so much. It would be an exotic moment without rush, without engines, we would all be...
by Susan | Apr 9, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
April 9, 1939 Marian Anderson, a contralto possessed of what Arturo Toscanini called “a voice such as one hears once in a hundred years,” was denied the right to perform at Constitution Hall by the Daughters of the American Revolution because of her race....
by Susan | Apr 8, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
April 8, 1935 In the midst of the Great Depression, President Franklin D. Roosevelt authorized almost $5 million to implement work-relief programs. Authorized by Congress under the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act, it remains the largest system of public-assistance...
