by Susan | Apr 25, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
April 25, 1944 The United Negro College Fund was incorporated. The first executive director, William Trent, raised $78 million for historically black colleges so they could become “strong citadels of learning, carriers of the American dream, seedbeds of social...
by Susan | Apr 24, 2017 | Monuments
This monument, located on the statehouse grounds, commemorates protests which helped bring about school desegregation in Virginia. Opened in July 2008, it features eighteen statues of leaders or participants in the Civil Rights Movement on four sides of a rectangular...
by Susan | Apr 24, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
April 24, 1944 In United States v. Ballard the Supreme Court ruled that neither the courts nor the government have the right to evaluate the religious beliefs of a citizen or group, upholding the general principle that “the truth of religious claims is not for...
by Susan | Apr 23, 2017 | peacemaker birthdays
April 23, 1928 Shirley Temple Black “Nothing crushes freedom as substantially as a tank.” April 23, 1954 Michael Moore “Somehow, I don’t think Jesus came to Earth to ring the bell at the New York Stock Exchange.” April 26, 1889 Ludwig...
by Susan | Apr 23, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
April 23, 1951 A 16-year-old student, Barbara Rose Johns, covertly organized a student general strike at RR Moton High School, an all-black high school in Farmville, Virginia, founded in 1923. The school did not have a gymnasium, cafeteria or teachers’...
