by Susan | Mar 20, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
March 20, 1924 The Virginia Legislature passed two closely related eugenics laws: SB 219, entitled “The Racial Integrity Act” and SB 281, “An ACT to provide for the sexual sterilization of inmates of State institutions in certain cases”,...
by Susan | Mar 19, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
March 19, 2006 In Seville, Spain, Muslim and Jewish leaders met in a rare face-to-face forum and appealed to their faithful not to view each other as enemies and keep religion from being hijacked by extremists. The 4-day meeting, called the Second World Congress of...
by Susan | Mar 18, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
March 18, 1922 Gandhi’s “Great Trial” for writing seditious articles opposing British colonial rule began in Ahmedabad, India. Gandhi, aged 53, described himself as a farmer and weaver by profession, and spoke in his own defense, pleading guilty. “I...
by Susan | Mar 17, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
March17, 2006 Nearly 1,000 Egyptian judges held a half-hour silent protest to demonstrate for full judicial independence and against the government’s order to interrogate six of their colleagues who criticized recent...
by Susan | Mar 16, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
March 16, 1972 Reference librarian Zoia Horn refused to testify against the Harrisburg Seven who were on trial for an alleged conspiracy to kidnap then-National Security Adviser Henry Kissinger. Five of the seven were current or former Catholic priests or nuns. Horn...
by Susan | Mar 15, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
March 15, 2016 Oaxaca’s congress awarded Cultural and Intangible Heritage status to the designs, costumes, handicrafts as well as the languages spoken by the Indigenous peoples of a community called Mixe. The ruling concluded that Indigenous peoples and communities...
