by Susan | Jun 18, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
June 18, 1840 The Oberlin Non-Resistance Society was formed at the Ohio college by students who believed “that the Gospel of Jesus Christ inculcates the duty of peace and good-will.” They rejected all use of violence even in the name of duty to country. “We must...
by Susan | Jun 17, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
June 17, 1838 The Cherokee Nation began the 1,200-mile forced march later known as the Trail of Tears. Their removal from ancestral land in the southeast U.S. had been ordered by President Andrew Jackson as the result of a treaty signed by a small minority of the...
by Susan | Jun 16, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
June 16, 1976 South African police opened fire on black students peacefully protesting the requirement to learn Afrikaans, the language of the small white majority that enforced the racially separatist regime known as apartheid. Neither black nor colored (other...
by Susan | Jun 15, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
June 15, 1215 Following a revolt by the English nobility against his rule, King John put his royal seal on the Magna Carta, or “Great Charter.” The document, a peace treaty between John and his barons, guaranteed that the king would respect feudal rights and...
by Susan | Jun 13, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
June 13, 1966 The Supreme Court handed down its decision in Miranda v. Arizona, establishing the principle that all criminal suspects must be advised of their rights before interrogation: “You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can, and will, be used...
by Susan | Jun 12, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
June 12, 1967 The U.S. Supreme Court, in Loving v. Virginia, struck down state miscegenation laws — those that prohibited interracial marriage — as violations of a person’s right to equal protection under the law, as guaranteed under the 14th Amendment. In June of...
