by Susan | Dec 22, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
December 22, 1982 The National Wildflower Research Center, a nonprofit organization based in Austin, was established to increase public awareness and appreciation of North American flora and to facilitate research on native wildflowers, trees, shrubs, and grasses for...
by Susan | Dec 21, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
December 21, 1949 The Soviet Union created the International Stalin Prize for Strengthening Peace Among Peoples in honor of Joseph Stalin’s seventieth birthday. Following Khrushchev’s denunciation of Stalin in 1956, the prize was renamed as the...
by Susan | Dec 20, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
December 20, 1994 In a striking show of mass defiance, at least 100,000 Chechens lined their last unoccupied highway Tuesday to call for peace as Russian troops stepped up land and air attacks on their tiny breakaway republic. As the Kremlin promised “decisive...
by Susan | Dec 19, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
December 19, 1832 San Antonio became the first Texas town to present a list of grievances to the legislature of Coahuila y Texas. The document, known as the Bexar Remonstrance, was composed by the ayuntamiento (city council) of Bexar and signed by José Ángel Navarro,...
by Susan | Dec 18, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
December 18, 1999 Julia Butterfly Hill descended from her tiny platform 180 feet up in Luna, a giant Redwood tree, after perching in it for 738 days protecting it from...
by Susan | Dec 17, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
December 17, 1951 The noted African-American singer and civil rights activists Paul Robeson, on behalf of the Civil Rights Congress, presented a petition to the United Nations charging that the U.S. violated Article II of the U.N. Genocide Convention by failing to...
