by Susan | Sep 4, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
September 4, 1948 As the performers and 20,000 concert-goers left a benefit concert given by Paul Robeson, Pete Seeger and others in Peekskill, NY they were attacked by an angry mob who objected to their support for unions, integration, worker’s rights and...
by Susan | Sep 3, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
September 3, 1838 Frederick Douglass made his escape from slavery in Baltimore and went on in life to become an abolitionist, journalist, author, and human rights...
by Susan | Sep 2, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
September 2, 1998 A United Nations court found Jean-Paul Akayesu, the former mayor of a small town in Rwanda, guilty of nine counts of genocide, marking the first time that the 1948 law banning genocide was enforced....
by Susan | Sep 1, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
September 1, 1914 The Passenger Pigeon (Ectopistes migratorius) became extinct when Martha, the last bird, died at age 29 in the Cincinnati Zoo. The species lived in enormous migratory flocks until the early 20th century, when hunting and habitat destruction led to...
by Susan | Aug 31, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
August 31, 1962 After over seven harsh years of war, Algeria claimed its independence from France in 1962. However, internal turmoil threatened Civil War. On August 31, 20,000 workers gathered in a square in Algiers for a rally organized by the General Union of...
by Susan | Aug 30, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
August 30, 1956 From the Texas State History Association: Though the Mansfield school district numbered fewer than 700 whites and sixty blacks in 1956, it segregated black children to an inferior elementary school. Black teenagers were obliged to ride public buses,...
