by Susan | Apr 7, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
April 7, 2009 Mass protests begin across Moldova under the belief that results from the parliamentary election are...
by Susan | Apr 6, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
April 6, 2011 After Mexican poet Javier Sicilia’s son was killed by a drug cartel in March, he issued an open letter directed at Mexico’s politicians and cartels. The letter established the Movement for Peace with Justice and Dignity and announced a march on 6...
by Susan | Apr 5, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
April 5, 2011 Kisan Baburao “Anna” Hazare, started a hunger strike to exert pressure on the Indian government to enact a stringent anti-corruption law, The Lokpal Bill, for the institution of an ombudsman with the power to deal with corruption in public...
by Susan | Apr 4, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
50th Anniversary April 4, 1967 Martin Luther King Jr. spoke at Riverside church in New York about the war in Vietnam. King stated that “somehow this madness must cease. We must stop now. I speak as a child of God and brother to the suffering poor of Vietnam. I...
by Susan | Apr 3, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
April 3, 1962 President Harry Truman had desegregated the U.S. armed services on July 26, 1948. His order did not cover the Reserves or the National Guard, however. The Defense Department on this day ordered the Reserves racially integrated. National Guard units,...
by Susan | Apr 2, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
April 2, 1870 Victoria Claflin Woodhull (1838-1927) became the first woman to run for president of the United States when she announced her candidacy for the 1872 election, but she spent Election Day in jail for sending obscene literature through the mail. Articulate...
