by Susan | May 21, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
May 21, 1856 Pro-slavery activists attacked and ransacked the town of Lawrence, Kansas, which had been founded by anti-slavery settlers. The incident helped ratchet up the guerrilla war in Kansas Territory that became known as Bleeding...
by Susan | May 20, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
May 20, 1904 President Theodore Roosevelt, eager to wave his “big stick” before the Republican National Convention met in June, ordered seven warships to Tangier, Morocco, to rescue a wealthy former resident of Trenton, NJ, who was being held for ransom by...
by Susan | May 19, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
May 19, 1850 Four thousand Mexican miners gathered in Sonora, California, to protest the Foreign Miners’ Tax, which was enacted to drive them from gold fields. Before the discovery of gold, native Mexicans greatly outnumbered Anglos in California. By 1849...
by Susan | May 18, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
May 18, 1952 In the early ’50s, the U.S. government revoked Paul Robeson’s passport on the grounds of purported un-American political leanings, effectively blocking a planned live performance in Canada. Undaunted, Robeson appeared anyway, singing from a...
by Susan | May 17, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
May 17, 1896 Supreme Court endorsed “separate but equal” facilities for those of different races with its Plessy v. Ferguson decision, a ruling that was overturned 58 years later. May 17, 1954 In a major civil rights victory, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a...
by Susan | May 16, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
May 16, 1968 400 students at Edgewood High School in San Antonio held a walkout and demonstration, and marched to the district administration office. Among the students’ grievances were insufficient supplies and the lack of qualified teachers. On July 10 of the...
