by Susan | Feb 2, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
February 2, 1848 The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed, ending the Mexican-American War in favor of the United States and adding an additional 525,000 square miles to United States territory, including the area that would become the states of California, Nevada,...
by Susan | Feb 1, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
February 1, 1861 Texas became the seventh state to secede from the Union when a state convention voted 166 to 8 in favor of the measure. Governor Sam Houston refused to take an oath of allegiance to the Confederacy and was replaced in March 1861 by his lieutenant...
by Susan | Jan 31, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
January 31, 1971 The Winter Soldier Investigation began, sponsored by the Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW). The VVAW challenged the morality and conduct of the war by showing the direct relationship between military policies and war crimes in Vietnam. The...
by Susan | Jan 30, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
January 30, 1972 In [London]Derry, Northern Ireland, 13 unarmed civil rights demonstrators were shot dead by British Army paratroopers in an event that became known as “Bloody Sunday.” The protesters, all Northern Catholics, were marching in protest of the British...
by Susan | Jan 29, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
January 29, 2009 The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Restoration Act, signed into law by President Barack Obama, revised the old requirement involving the deadline for filing equal pay discrimination suits. The old deadline required that suits be filed within 180 days from...
by Susan | Jan 28, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
January 28, 1573 Frightened and inspired by the St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre of French Protestants the previous August (pictured below), Polish and Lithuanian nobility signed a document guaranteeing religious freedom for adherents of all religious faiths....
