by Susan | May 14, 2017 | peacemaker birthdays
May 15, 1856 L. Frank Baum “There is no living thing that is not afraid when it faces danger. The true courage is in facing danger when you are afraid.” May 15, 1935 Utah (Bruce) Phillips “No root, no fruit.” May 19, 1925 Malcolm X “If...
by Susan | May 14, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
May 14, 1961 The Freedom Riders bus was fire-bombed near Anniston, Alabama, and the civil rights protesters were beaten by an angry...
by Susan | May 13, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
May 13, 1932 “We Want Beer” marches were held in cities all over America, with 15,000 unionized workers demonstrating in Detroit. Prohibition (the 18th amendment to the U.S. Constitution barring “the manufacture, sale or transportation of intoxicating...
by Susan | May 12, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
May 12, 1968 The Poor People’s Campaign, organized by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) began when contingents of the poor, mainly from the south, began pitching tents in a “Resurrection City” near the Lincoln Memorial. It was...
by Susan | May 11, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
May 11, 1973 All charges were dismissed against Daniel Ellsberg who, while employed by the RAND Corporation, sparked a national political controversy in 1971 when he released the Pentagon Papers, a top-secret Pentagon study of U.S. government decision-making about the...
