by Susan | Sep 13, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
September 13, 1989 30 000 people from Capetown, South Africa from a diverse cross-section of the city marched in support of peace and the end of apartheid. The event, led by Mayor Gordon Oliver, Archbishop Tutu, Rev Frank Chikane, Moulana Farid Esack, Allan Boesak,...
by Susan | Sep 12, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
September 12, 1956 Though the desegregation of Kentucky’s public schools proceeded with a minimum of difficulty, there were some trouble spots. In the first days of school in 1956 at Sturgis, in Union County, Kentucky, nine African American students attempted to...
by Susan | Sep 11, 2017 | Monuments
In 1969 art collectors Dominique and John de Menil offered to purchase Barnett Newman’s Broken Obelisk, considered by many the finest sculpture of the 20th Century, as a memorial to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., to be installed downtown, in front of...
by Susan | Sep 11, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
September 11, 2000 British farmers and others protested fuel prices and blockades at refineries caused shortages and panic buying. Prime Minister Blair refused to make...
by Susan | Sep 10, 2017 | peacemaker birthdays
September 13, 1938 Judith Martin “The greater the controversy, the more you need manners.” September 15, 1945 Jessye Norman “If you send up a weather vane or put your thumb up in the air every time you want to do something different, to find out what...
