by Susan | Aug 1, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
August 1, 1938 Now remembered as the Hilo Massacre or Bloody Monday, more than 70 police officers attempted to disband 200 unarmed, nonviolent protesters during a strike, injuring 50 of the demonstrators. In their attempts to disband the crowd, officers tear gassed,...
by Susan | Jul 31, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
July 31, 2001 Judge Roy Moore of Alabama, a justice on the Alabama Supreme Court, installed a 5,280-pound granite block inscribed with the Ten Commandments in the Alabama Judicial Building. In November 2002, the U.S. District Court declared the monument a violation of...
by Susan | Jul 30, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
July 30, 1956 “In God We Trust” was adopted as the official motto of the United States. The phrase first started appearing on coins during the Civil War, generally thought to be an attempt to link the Union cause with God. In 1956, the nation was at a...
by Susan | Jul 29, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
July 29, 1970 After a five-year strike, the United Farm Workers (UFW) signed a contract with the table grape growers in California, ending the first grape boycott. July 29, 1972 The U.S. Supreme Court ruled the death penalty to be cruel and unusual punishment by a 5-4...
by Susan | Jul 28, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
July 28, 1868 the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, guaranteeing due process, equal protection of the law, and full citizenship to all males over 21 went into...
by Susan | Jul 27, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
July 27, 1940 Lonnie E. Smith, a black dentist and civil-rights activist, attempted to vote in the Democratic primary in his Harris County precinct in Houston. As an African American, he was denied a ballot under the white primary rules of the time; the US Supreme...
