by Susan | May 26, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
May 26, 1957 Because the U.S. government had suspended singer/activist Paul Robeson’s passport based on of his political views, he gave a concert by phone for a London audience. One thousand people crammed into St. Pancras Hall to hear Robeson sing six numbers....
by Susan | May 25, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
May 25, 1774 A group of African slaves in Massachusetts Bay colony petitioned the British royal governor for freedom as their natural right: “. . . we have in common with all other men a natural right to our freedoms without Being depriv’d of them by our fellow men as...
by Susan | May 24, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
May 24, 1774 The Virginia House of Burgesses declared this a day of “fasting, humiliation and prayer” in reaction to the British closure of the Port of...
by Susan | May 23, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
May 23, 1993 The U.S. proposed creating safe havens in Bosnia-Herzegovina for Muslims, but the president there replied that his people are not willing to be put “in...
by Susan | May 22, 2017 | Monuments
Breathing is a memorial sculpture situated on the roof of the Peel Wing of BBC Broadcasting House, in London. The sculpture commemorates journalists and associated staff who have been killed while carrying out their work. It consists of a 10-metre high glass and steel...
