by Susan | Jul 18, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
July 18, 1975 A Jury in Hennepin County, Minnesota was dismissed after unable to come to a verdict in the trial of ice hockey player Dave Forbes of Boston Bruins, the first athlete indicted for excessive violence during play. He was accused of deliberately hitting...
by Susan | Jul 17, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
July 17, 1976 The opening ceremony of the 21st Olympic Games in Montreal was marked by the withdrawal of more than twenty African countries, Iraq and Guyana, and their 300 athletes. They had demanded that New Zealand be banned from participation because its national...
by Susan | Jul 16, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
July 16, 1439 In response to an outbreak of the plague, the Parliament of King Henry VI of England issued a proclamation banning kissing. The ban was directed at ritual kissing and kissings of...
by Susan | Jul 15, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
July 15, 1978 The Longest Walk, a peaceful transcontinental trek for Native American justice, which had begun with a few hundred departing Alcatraz Island, California, ended this day when they arrived in Washington, D.C. accompanied by 30,000 marchers. They were...
by Susan | Jul 14, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
July 14, 1948 Segregationist Southerners, reacting to President Harry Truman’s civil rights program, walked out of the Democratic Party Convention and founded an independent States’ Rights Party, dedicated to preserving racial segregation. On this same day, the...
by Susan | Jul 13, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
July 13, 1985 The first Live Aid concert raised $75 million for agricultural and technical assistance to Africa, many times what was expected. Described as the Woodstock of the ‘80s, the world’s biggest rock festival (in London, Philadelphia, Moscow and Sydney,...
