by Susan | Jun 26, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
June 26, 1948 The Berlin Airlift, also known as “Operation Vittles” and die Luftbrucke, “the air bridge,” began. During the multinational occupation of post–World War II Germany, the Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies’ railway,...
by Susan | Jun 25, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
June 25, 1941 A. Philip Randolph, president the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, called off a Negro march on Washington planned for July 1 when President Roosevelt agreed to issue Executive Order 8802 banning racial discrimination in defense industries &...
by Susan | Jun 23, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
June 23, 1972 The Education Amendments of 1972, commonly known as Title IX, became U.S. law, prohibiting sex discrimination at educational...
by Susan | Jun 22, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
June 22, 1942 The Pledge of Allegiance of the United States, originally composed by Francis Bellamy in 1892, was adopted by Congress. Bellamy, a Christian socialist and the cousin of socialist utopian novelist Edward Bellamy (Looking Backward), wrote the Pledge for...
by Susan | Jun 20, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
June 20, 1963 To lessen the threat of an accidental nuclear war, the United States and the Soviet Union agreed to establish a “hot line” between the two nations. The agreement helped reduce tensions between the United States and the USSR following the October 1962...
by Susan | Jun 19, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
June 19, 1865 On this day in 1865, Union general Gordon Granger read the Emancipation Proclamation (originally issued by Abraham Lincoln in 1863) in Galveston, thus belatedly bringing about the freeing of 250,000 slaves in Texas. The event, now celebrated as...
