by Susan | Jun 5, 2017 | Monuments
This park, dedicated in 2010, is a result of the 2001 Oklahoma Commission to Study the Tulsa Race Riot of 1921, during which a group of Whites attacked what was then the wealthiest Black community in the US. An estimated 10,000 Blacks were left homeless, and 35 city...
by Susan | Jun 5, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
June 5, 1970 President Richard Nixon convened a meeting with the heads of all the intelligence agencies and demanded new measures against anti-Vietnam war protests and what he saw as other threats to an orderly society. The meeting was prompted by the massive anti-war...
by Susan | Jun 4, 2017 | peacemaker birthdays
June 4, 1948 Jim Wallis “We can find common ground only by moving to higher ground.” June 5, 1898 Federico García Lorca “I will always be on the side of those who have nothing and who are not even allowed to enjoy the nothing they have in peace.”...
by Susan | Jun 4, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
June 4, 1974 President Richard Nixon abolished the notorious Attorney General’s List of Subversive Organizations, which was a major instrument in the attack on freedom of belief and association during the Cold War. The list was ordered by President Harry Truman as...
by Susan | Jun 3, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
June 3, 1839 In Humen, China, Lin Tse-hsü destroyed 20,000 chests (about 1.2 tons) of opium confiscated from British merchants, providing Britain with a casus belli to open hostilities, resulting in the First Opium War. In the 17th and 18th Century the Western demand...
