by Susan | Apr 17, 2017 | Monuments
On Monday, February 1, 1960, Greensboro went down in history for the igniting the civil rights “sit-in” movement in the nation. On this day, four North Carolina. A&T State University students sat down at the F.W. Woolworth Company’s segregated lunch counter and...
by Susan | Apr 17, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
April 17, 1959 Twenty two were arrested in New York City for refusing to take shelter during a civil defense drill. Pictured above is Catholic Worker founder Dorothy Day, just prior to her...
by Susan | Apr 16, 2017 | peacemaker birthdays
April 16, 1844 Anatole France “The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread.” April 16, 1871 John Millington Synge “What is the price of a thousand horses...
by Susan | Apr 16, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
April 16, 1929 Birth control pioneer Margaret Sanger appeared on stage at Ford Hall Forum in Boston wearing a gag to protest a ban on her speaking in Boston by Mayor James...
by Susan | Apr 15, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
April 15, 2014 276 girls were taken from their school after an attack by the Boko Haram militant group in Chibok, Nigeria. The girls were thought to be taken to a hard to access remote area of forest in the country or out of the country. The kidnappings sparked the...
