by Susan | Oct 22, 2014 | this day in peace and justice history
October 22, 1963 A coalition of Chicago civil rights groups staged Freedom Day, a mass boycott and demonstration against segregated schools and inadequate resources for black students. Almost half of Chicago’s public school students skipped class, leaving many schools...
by Susan | Oct 20, 2014 | this day in peace and justice history
October 20, 1947 The Red Scare kicks into high gear as a Congressional committee begins investigating Communist influence in Hollywood. The House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) grilled a number of prominent witnesses, asking “Are you or have you ever...
by Susan | Oct 19, 2014 | peacemaker birthdays
October 19, 1921 Paulo Friere “Attempting to liberate the oppressed without their reflective participation in the act of liberation is to treat them as objects that must be saved from a burning building.” October 24, 1939 Paula Gunn Allen “I have noticed that as...
by Susan | Oct 19, 2014 | this day in peace and justice history
October 19, 1960 Martin Luther King, Jr., and 36 others were jailed after being arrested during a sit-in at the snack bar of Atlanta’s Rich’s department store where they requested service and were refused on account of their...
by Susan | Oct 18, 2014 | this day in peace and justice history
October 18. 1648 The Shoemakers Guild of Boston became the first labor union in the American...
