by Susan | Dec 11, 2014 | this day in peace and justice history
December 11, 1961 A U.S. Supreme Court decision (Garner v. Louisiana) outlawed the use of disorderly conduct statutes as grounds for arresting African Americans students sitting-in at segregated public facilities to obtain equal service. December 11, 1984 More than...
by Susan | Dec 10, 2014 | this day in peace and justice history
December 10, 1898 In France, the Treaty of Paris was signed, formally ending the Spanish-American War and granting the United States its first overseas empire. The Spanish empire was virtually dissolved as the United States took over much of Spain’s overseas...
by Susan | Dec 9, 2014 | this day in peace and justice history
December 9, 1917 British troops, known as the Egyptian Expeditionary Force and under the command of General Edmund Allenby, entered Jerusalem, ending 700 years of Muslim rule of the city, 400 of those under the Ottoman Turks. The city surrendered without a battle,...
by Susan | Dec 8, 2014 | this day in peace and justice history
December 8, 1963 President Abraham Lincoln offered his conciliatory plan for reunification of the United States with his Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction, allowing for a full pardon for and restoration of property to all engaged in the rebellion with the...
by Susan | Dec 4, 2014 | this day in peace and justice history
December 4, 1970 César Chávez was sentenced to 20 days in jail for refusing to call off the United Farm Workers’ consumer boycott of Bud Antle, Inc., the country’s second largest lettuce grower. The boycott had been called to pressure Antle to negotiate with the Farm...
by Susan | Dec 3, 2014 | this day in peace and justice history
December 3, 1984 An explosion at a Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal, India lead to the worst industrial accident in history. At least 2,000 people died and another 200,000 were injured when toxic gas enveloped the city of nearly a million people. December 3,...
