by Susan | Jun 21, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
June 21, 1915 In Guinn v. United States the Supreme Court held that “grandfather” clauses were unconstitutional. Grandfather clauses were 19th century laws that exempted people from voter literacy tests if a grandfather had been a registered voter, had voted in some...
by Susan | Jun 20, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
June 20, 1979 President Jimmy Carter and first lady Rosalynn Carter climbed onto the White House roof to celebrate the installation of solar-energy panels there: 32 photovoltaic panels that generated enough energy to provide hot water for the entire White House....
by Susan | Jun 19, 2017 | Monuments
Chain Reaction depicts a mushroom cloud created by a nuclear explosion. Designed by American editorial cartoonist Paul Conrad and built by Peter M. Carlson, the 26-foot high sculpture was installed in 1991 adjacent to the Santa Monica Civic Center. An inscription at...
by Susan | Jun 19, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
June 19, 1865 On this day in 1865, Union general Gordon Granger read the Emancipation Proclamation (originally issued by Abraham Lincoln in 1863) in Galveston, thus belatedly bringing about the freeing of 250,000 slaves in Texas. The event, now celebrated as...
by Susan | Jun 18, 2017 | peacemaker birthdays
June 19, 1623 Blaise Pascal “Justice and power must be brought together, so that whatever is just may be powerful, and whatever is powerful may be just.” June 19, 1945 Aung San Suu Kyi “It is not power that corrupts but fear. Fear of losing power...
