by Susan | May 25, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
May 25, 1774 A group of African slaves in Massachusetts Bay colony petitioned the British royal governor for freedom as their natural right: “. . . we have in common with all other men a natural right to our freedoms without Being depriv’d of them by our fellow men as...
by Susan | May 24, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
May 24, 1774 The Virginia House of Burgesses declared this a day of “fasting, humiliation and prayer” in reaction to the British closure of the Port of...
by Susan | May 23, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
May 23, 1993 The U.S. proposed creating safe havens in Bosnia-Herzegovina for Muslims, but the president there replied that his people are not willing to be put “in...
by Susan | May 22, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
May 22, 2001 Delegates from 127 countries formally voted approval of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPS), a treaty calling for the initial elimination of 12 of the most dangerous man-made chemicals, nine of which are pesticides. POPS are...
by Susan | May 21, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
May 21, 1678 The custom of “weighing the Mayor” began in High Wycombe, Bucks, England, after Mayor Henry Shepard in was reported as being drunk and misbehaving himself. The Mayor is weighed upon taking up office, and again a year later when the next incumbent takes on...
by Susan | May 20, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
May 20, 1964 After a 31-month investigation, the U.S. Attorney in Fort Wayne, Indiana, informed the FBI that it would not prosecute Wand Records on charges of interstate distribution of obscene material for distributing the hit record “Louie Louie.” The...
