by Susan | Oct 17, 2014 | this day in peace and justice history
October 17, 1968 Olympic gold medalist Tommie Smith and bronze medalist John Carlos are forced to return their awards because they raised their fists in a black-power salute during the medal ceremony in Mexico City. Smith and Carlos had organized a group called the...
by Susan | Oct 16, 2014 | this day in peace and justice history
October 16, 1901 President Theodore Roosevelt invited Booker T. Washington, founder of the Tuskegee Institute and the most prominent African American of his time, to a meeting in the White House. The meeting went long and the president asked Washington to stay for...
by Susan | Oct 15, 2014 | Good to Know!
Great advice as Halloween approaches, expanded upon here in a thoughtful post from Rage Against the...
by Susan | Oct 15, 2014 | this day in peace and justice history
October 15, 1966 The “Endangered Species Preservation Act” became law. It allowed the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to identify plant and animal varieties threatened with extinction, and to acquire land to preserve their habitats. October 15, 1969 22...
by Susan | Oct 14, 2014 | Foreign Affairs, Good to Know!
British Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin once quipped that “War is God’s way of teaching Americans geography.” Apparently, so are disease outbreaks. The Washington Post ran a great article by Kim Yi Dionne and Laura Seay lamenting that most American’s...
