by Susan | May 7, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
May 7, 1844 A Protestant mob in Philadelphia, shouting “Kill them! Kill them!” burned down more than thirty homes in the predominantly Irish suburb of Kensington. The immediate cause of the riots stemmed from Catholic opposition to the exclusive use of the...
by Susan | May 6, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
May 6, 1982 CBS-TV canceled “Lou Grant,” probably because Ed Asner opposed US Salvadoran policy both in his capacity as president of the Screen Actor Guild and as spokesman for Medical Aid for El...
by Susan | May 5, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
May 5, 1983 More than one million Sicilians, a fifth of the Italian island’s population, signed a petition against the deployment of more than 100 U.S. cruise missiles at the Comiso Air...
by Susan | May 4, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
May 4, 1884 Anti-lynching activist Ida B. Wells, then 21, was ordered to leave the train car she paid for and move to a segregated car. She refused to leave and fought back while she was forcibly removed. She filed a suit against the railroad...
by Susan | May 3, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
May 3, 1923 In one of the most famous quotations in the long battle against censorship, New York State legislator — and future mayor of New York City — Jimmy Walker said, “No woman was ever ruined by a book.” Walker’s statement was in the context of a proposed...
by Susan | May 2, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
May 2, 1963 Hundreds of children ranging in age from six to eighteen were arrested in Birmingham, Alabama, as they marched from Kelly Ingram Park, across from 16th Street Baptist Church, to downtown singing, “We Shall...
