by Susan | Aug 21, 2018 | this day in peace and justice history
August 21, 1968 The Czechoslovakian people spontaneously and nonviolently resisted invasion of their country of 14 million by hundreds of thousands of troops and 5000+ tanks from the Soviet Union and four other Warsaw Pact countries. The troops were enforcing the...
by Susan | Jun 17, 2018 | this day in peace and justice history
June 17, 2012 Civil rights leaders organized a series of silent marches across the country to protest the police practice of “stops and frisks,” which they argued targeted young African-American men. The silent marches were modeled after the famous Silent March...
by Susan | Oct 18, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
October 18, 2006 Pope Benedict XVI received an open letter signed by 38 Muslim personalities from various countries and of different outlooks, which discussed point by point the views on Islam expressed by the Pope in his September 12 Regensburg lecture. The Pope had...
by Susan | Oct 17, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
October 17, 1975 Muhammad Ali led a one mile march through Trenton, NJ in support of freeing Rubin Carter (The Hurricane), culminating in a rally of 1600 demonstrators outside the state capitol. When Carter, a boxer wrongly imprisoned for 20 years for a crime he did...
by Susan | Oct 16, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
October 16, 1995 The Million Man March convened in Washington, DC. inviting “a million sober, disciplined, committed, dedicated, inspired black men to Washington for a day of atonement.” Speakers included Rosa Parks, Stevie Wonder, and Maya...
by Susan | Oct 15, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
October 15, 1958 In a speech to the Radio-Television News Directors Association (RTNDA) convention in Chicago, CBS News correspondent Edward R. Murrow challenged the broadcast industry to live up to its potential and responsibilities. The speech is often remembered...
