by Susan | Nov 10, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
November 10, 1898 A mob of as many as 2,000 whites roamed the streets of Wilmington, burned the offices of the black-owned Wilmington Record newspaper, murdered perhaps dozens of black residents, ran black and white Republican leaders out of town and forced the...
by Susan | Nov 9, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
November 9, 1938 In an incident known as “Kristallnacht,” Nazis in Germany torched synagogues, vandalized Jewish homes, schools and businesses and killed close to 100 Jews. In the aftermath of Kristallnacht, also called the “Night of Broken Glass,” some 30,000...
by Susan | Nov 8, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
November 8, 1972 The Trail of Broken Treaties (also known as the Pan American Native Quest for Justice), a cross-country protest in the United States by American Indian and First Nations organizations, reached its destination at the Bureau of Indian Affairs in...
by Susan | Nov 7, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
November 7, 1919 On the second anniversary of the Bolshevik revolution, agents of the Bureau of Investigation (under the direction of their newly-appointed director, J. Edgar Hoover) executed a series of well-publicized and violent raids against the Union of Russian...
by Susan | Nov 6, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
November 6, 1964 At a staff retreat held by the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) following Freedom Summer an anonymous paper, “Women in the Movement,” was circulated and generated considerable controversy. The paper drew a parallel between the place of...
by Susan | Nov 5, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
November 5, 1872 Susan B. Anthony and fourteen other women were arrested for illegally attempting to vote, in Rochester, NY. This was a violation of the Enforcement Act of 1870, which made it illegal to vote if you did not have the right to vote. Anthony was...
