by Susan | Mar 2, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
March 2, 1819 Congress passed the Steerage Act of 1819, the first US immigration law, which reformed the chaotic passenger trade to America. After the Peace Treaty of Vienna in 1809 ended the Napoleonic Wars in Europe, immigration to the New World, interrupted by the...
by Susan | Mar 1, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
March 1, 1997 In Austria it was announced that the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra would allow Ann Lelkes, a harpist who had played with the orchestra for 26 years, to become an official member, in face of a threatened boycott of its 1997 U.S. tour of the VPO. The...
by Susan | Feb 28, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
February 28, 1969 Approximately 20 students staged the first walkout for Chicano Rights at Texas A&I, now called A&M Kingsville, demanding the “development of a park at The Plaza for public use, paved streets in the Mexican American barrios and maintenance...
by Susan | Feb 27, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
February 27, 1968 CBS News anchorman Walter Cronkite‘s commentary on the progress of the Vietnam War solidified President Lyndon B. Johnson‘s decision not to seek reelection in 1968. Cronkite, who had been at Hue in the midst of the Tet Offensive earlier in February,...
by Susan | Feb 26, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
February 26, 2012 In Malaysia thousands rallied in Kuantan against an Australian miner’s rare earths plant in the biggest protest yet over fears it will produce radioactive waste harmful to them and the...
by Susan | Feb 25, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
February 25, 1963 In Edwards v. South Carolina, the U.S. Supreme Court upholds the right of all Americans to hold public demonstrations to redress their grievances. The 187 petitioners consisted of African-American high school and college students who peacefully...
