by Susan | Nov 9, 2014 | peacemaker birthdays
November 9, 1934 Carl Sagan “Who are we? We find that we live on an insignificant planet of a humdrum star lost in a galaxy tucked away in some forgotten corner of a universe in which there are far more galaxies than people. . . For small creatures such as we...
by Susan | Nov 8, 2014 | this day in peace and justice history
November 8, 1966 Texas finally votes to abolish the $2 poll tax for state and local elections. The 24th Amendment, ratified in 1964, abolished the use of the poll tax as a pre-condition for voting in federal elections, but made no mention of state elections. In the...
by Susan | Nov 7, 2014 | this day in peace and justice history
November 7, 1916 Jeannette Rankin, a Republican from Missoula, Montana, became the first woman elected to the U.S. Congress. Just after her term began, on April 6, 1917, the House held a vote on whether to enter World War I. Rankin cast one of fifty votes against the...
by Susan | Nov 6, 2014 | this day in peace and justice history
November 6, 1913 Mohandas K. Gandhi led 2,500 ethnic Indian miners, women and others from South Africa’s Natal province across its border with Transvaal in the Great March, a violation of the pass laws restricting the movement of all non-whites in the country. Gandhi...
by Susan | Nov 5, 2014 | this day in peace and justice history
November 5, 1982 Thirty six were arrested for blocking the corporate entrance at Honeywell, Minnesota’s largest defense contractor. The “Honeywell Project,” a local campaign against the arms maker, dogged the company for over three decades. It...
