by Susan | Jul 14, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
July 14, 1948 Segregationist Southerners, reacting to President Harry Truman’s civil rights program, walked out of the Democratic Party Convention and founded an independent States’ Rights Party, dedicated to preserving racial segregation. On this same day, the...
by Susan | Jul 13, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
July 13, 1985 The first Live Aid concert raised $75 million for agricultural and technical assistance to Africa, many times what was expected. Described as the Woodstock of the ‘80s, the world’s biggest rock festival (in London, Philadelphia, Moscow and Sydney,...
by Susan | Jul 12, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
July 12, 1562 Fray Diego de Landa, acting Bishop of Yucatán, burned the sacred books of the Maya. He wrote, “We found a large number of books in these characters and, as they contained nothing in which were not to be seen as superstition and lies of the devil,...
by Susan | Jul 11, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
July 11, 1968 The American Indian Movement (AIM) was founded in Minneapolis, Minnesota, by George Mitchell, Dennis Banks, Clyde Bellecourt and 200 others. They gathered to organize in order to deal with widespread and persistent poverty among native Americans, and...
by Susan | Jul 10, 2017 | Monuments
On a headland at the northern end of this beach sits the Rainbow Warrior memorial, an early work of Chris Booth, a New Zealand sculptor. The memorial site, a brisk 15 minute walk from the beach, has majestic views towards the Cavalli Islands where the Rainbow Warrior...
