by Susan | Sep 22, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
September 22, 1966 Eight hundred Puerto Rican men pledged to refuse the U.S. Vietnam draft. They saw compliance as “part of the colonial subjugation of our country.” September 22, 1985 The first Farm Aid concert was held with more than 50 musicians raising...
by Susan | Sep 21, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
September 21, 1981 Sandra Day O’Connor became the first female Supreme Court Justice. September 21, 1981 International Day of Peace was established by United Nations General Assembly resolution 36/37 as a day devoted to strengthening the ideals of peace, both...
by Susan | Sep 20, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
September 20, 1932 Rabindranath Tagore, recipient of the 1913 Nobel Prize for Literature, began a campaign of resistance to practice of “untouchability” in then-British India. He penned Dalit heroes for his poems and his dramas, and he...
by Susan | Sep 19, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
September 19, 1796 George Washington delivered his farewell address: Observe good faith and justice towards all nations; cultivate peace and harmony with all. Religion and morality enjoin this conduct; and can it be, that good policy does not equally enjoin it –...
by Susan | Sep 18, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
September 18, 1850 Congress passed the Fugitive Slave Act, allowing slave owners to reclaim slaves who escaped into another state, and levying harsh penalties on those who would interfere with the apprehension of runaway slaves. As part of the Compromise of 1850, it...
by Susan | Sep 17, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
September 17, 1787 The US Constitution was officially adopted, in Philadelphia. September 17, 1944 The Dutch begin a railroad strike against German occupiers to prevent the transportation of Jews to concentration camps in the East as well as prevent the movement of...
