by Susan | May 3, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
May 3, 1923 In one of the most famous quotations in the long battle against censorship, New York State legislator — and future mayor of New York City — Jimmy Walker said, “No woman was ever ruined by a book.” Walker’s statement was in the context of a proposed...
by Susan | May 2, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
May 2, 1963 Hundreds of children ranging in age from six to eighteen were arrested in Birmingham, Alabama, as they marched from Kelly Ingram Park, across from 16th Street Baptist Church, to downtown singing, “We Shall...
by Susan | May 1, 2017 | Monuments
This Rosa Parks statue was installed in 2009 in a new Rosa Parks Plaza, a transportation hub for buses and light rail in the Dallas West End, near Dealy Plaza. There is room on the bench for commuters to sit with Rosa for a while, and they do. Behind her is a...
by Susan | May 1, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
May 1, 1992 On the third day of Los Angeles riots in response to a verdict in the Rodney King beating trial, King appealed for calm: “People, I just want to say, can we all just get along?” (His statement is at 17:45 on the...
by Susan | Apr 30, 2017 | peacemaker birthdays
May 4, 1796 Horace Mann “Education is our only political safety. Outside of this ark all is deluge.” May 4, 1916 Jane Jacobs “Advanced cultures are usually sophisticated enough, or have been sophisticated enough at some point in their pasts, to...
