by Susan | Apr 10, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
April 10, 1998 The Northern Ireland peace talks ended with an historic accord—called the Good Friday Agreement—reached after nearly two years of talks and 30 years of...
by Susan | Apr 9, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
April 9, 1939 Marian Anderson, a contralto possessed of what Arturo Toscanini called “a voice such as one hears once in a hundred years,” was denied the right to perform at Constitution Hall by the Daughters of the American Revolution because of her race....
by Susan | Apr 8, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
April 8, 1935 In the midst of the Great Depression, President Franklin D. Roosevelt authorized almost $5 million to implement work-relief programs. Authorized by Congress under the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act, it remains the largest system of public-assistance...
by Susan | Apr 7, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
April 7, 1994 The genocide in Rwanda began. Over the following 90 days at least a half million people were killed by their...
by Susan | Apr 6, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
April 6, 1996 Eleven were arrested at the main post office near Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., for attempting to mail medical supplies to Iraq in defiance of the U.S.-led embargo. Between 1990 and 1995 with the first Gulf War and the sanctions imposed by the U.S.,...
by Susan | Apr 5, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
April 5, 1930 In what is known as the Salt March, Mohandas Gandhi and his followers reached the end of their 240 mile march to the Indian Ocean coast at Dandi. He had left his ashram with 78 satyagrahis; the procession grew over the 23 days of traveling on foot until...
