by Susan | Jul 2, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
July 2, 1964 U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law, barring discrimination in public accommodations (restaurants, stores, theatres, etc.), employment, and voting. The law had survived an 83-day filibuster in the U.S. Senate by...
by Susan | Jul 1, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
July 1, 1917 Eight thousand anti-war marchers demonstrated in Boston. Their banners read: “IS THIS A POPULAR WAR? WHY CONSCRIPTION? WHO STOLE PANAMA? WHO CRUSHED HAITI? WE DEMAND PEACE!” The march was attacked by soldiers and sailors on orders from their...
by Susan | Jun 30, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
June 30, 1787 The start of The Underground Railroad, the organization which helped escaped African slaves from the South on their journey to freedom in the North and Canada, (and also to Mexico, Cuba and the Bahamas) is celebrated on this date. By the middle of the...
by Susan | Jun 29, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
June 29, 1895 On Easter Sunday, 1895, a young Russian conscript named Matvey Lebedev was training with a reserve battalion in the army of Czar Nicholas II when he suddenly threw down his rifle, telling his officers that he was a Christian and that Christianity and war...
by Susan | Jun 28, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
June 28, 1916 A one-day strike by 50,000 German workers was organized to free Socialist anti-war leader Karl Liebknecht, charged with sedition for his criticism of the government and the war later known as World War I. He was the first ever to be expelled from the...
by Susan | Jun 27, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
June 27, 1963 San Antonio moved again toward complete desegregation today after 173 restaurants, 23 motels and 9 hotels quietly opened their doors to...
