by Susan | Jan 15, 2015 | peacemaker birthdays
January 15, 1929 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. “I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality… I believe that unarmed...
by Susan | Jan 15, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
January 15, 1969 Janet McCloud, her husband Don and four others from the Tulalip Indian tribe were tried for one of their “fish-ins” on the Nisqually River in Washington state. Despite century-old treaties granting them half the salmon catch in their...
by Susan | Jan 14, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
January 14, 1942 President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued Presidential Proclamation No. 2537, requiring aliens from World War II-enemy countries—Italy, Germany and Japan—to register with the United States Department of Justice. A follow-up to the Alien Registration Act...
by Susan | Jan 13, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
January 13, 1958 Linus Pauling presented the “Scientists’ Test Ban Petition” to the United Nations, signed by over 11,000 scientists (including 36 Nobel laureates) from 49 countries. It called for an end to nuclear weapons testing for its detrimental health...
by Susan | Jan 12, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
January 12, 1954 Secretary of State John Foster Dulles announced U.S. would go beyond of President Harry Truman’s doctrine of “containing Communism” for a new policy: “. . . there is no local defense which alone will contain the mighty landpower of...
