by Susan | Jul 6, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
July 6, 1348 Pope Clement VI issued a decree protecting Jews during the Black Death. Popular opinion blamed the Jews for the plague, and massacres erupted throughout Europe. Pope Clement condemned the violence and said those who blamed the plague on the Jews had been...
by Susan | Jul 5, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
July 5, 1948 National Health Service Acts created the national public health system in the United...
by Susan | Jul 4, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
July 4, 1938 The Great Choral Synagogue in German occupied Riga, Latvia, was burnt with 300 Jews locked in the basement. A memorial stone was place a few feet from the burned foundation in...
by Susan | Jul 3, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
July 3, 1938 United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicated the Eternal Light Peace Memorial and lit the eternal flame at Gettysburg Battlefield. Originally proposed in 1887, the memorial was intended to be erected by 1913 for a “great peace...
by Susan | Jul 2, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
July 2, 1964 U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law, barring discrimination in public accommodations (restaurants, stores, theaters, etc.), employment, and voting. The law had survived an 83-day filibuster in the U.S. Senate by...
by Susan | Jul 1, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
July 1, 1944 A massive general strike and nonviolent protest in Guatemala led to the resignation of dictator Jorge Ubico who had harshly ruled Guatemala. A decade of peaceful democratic rule followed, until a CIA-backed coup in 1954 ushered in a new, even more brutal...
