by Susan | Feb 20, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
February 20, 1871 In what has come to be called the Walker County Rebellion, the Texas governor imposed martial law on Walker County with the authority to try citizens before a military tribunal. It started the previous December when a freedman, Sam Jenkins, testified...
by Susan | Feb 19, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
February 19, 1993 A Superior Court judge ruled that a gay group has the right to march in South Boston’s annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade, concluding that it came within the state civil rights law’s definition of a “public accommodation.”...
by Susan | Feb 18, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
February 18, 1990 The Jana Andolan (People’s Movement) officially started on Democracy day in Nepal. Jana Andolan was a multiparty movement in Nepal that brought an end to absolute monarchy and the beginning of constitutional...
by Susan | Feb 17, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
February 17, 1929 LULAC — The League of United Latin American Citizens — was founded at Salón Obreros y Obreras in Corpus Christi, Texas. It is the oldest and largest continually active Latino political association in the United States and was the first nationwide...
by Susan | Feb 16, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
February 16, 1982 Citizens’ Action for Safe Energy (CASE) succeeded in stopping construction of Black Fox Nuclear Power Plant near Inola, Oklahoma. Public Service of Oklahoma announced the cancellation, the first of its kind solely due to citizen...
by Susan | Feb 15, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
February 15, 2013 Angry about joblessness and cuts in wages, pensions and unemployment benefits, together with a growing tax burden, a group of people attending the debate in the Portuguese Parliament spontaneously began to sing “Grândola, Vila Morena,” a...
