by Susan | Dec 8, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
December 8, 2005 The Third Protocol additional to the Geneva Conventions established the Red Crystal as an emblem that can be used by states that have difficulty with either the Red Cross or the Red Crescent because of perceptions that they may have religious...
by Susan | Dec 7, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
December 7, 1982 The first execution by lethal injection took place at the state penitentiary in Huntsville, Texas. Charles Brooks, Jr., convicted of murdering an auto mechanic, received an intravenous injection of sodium pentathol, the barbiturate that is known as a...
by Susan | Dec 6, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
December 6, 1987 On the eve of Russian leader Mikhail Gorbachev’s arrival in the United States for a summit meeting with President Ronald Reagan, more than 200,000 protesters in Washington protested Soviet policies concerning Russian Jews. The protests succeeded in...
by Susan | Dec 5, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
December 5, 1953 The Montgomery Bus Boycott began.
by Susan | Dec 4, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
December 4, 1969 Black Panthers Fred Hampton, 21, and Mark Clark 22, were shot to death by 14 police officers as they lay sleeping in their Chicago, IL, apartment. While authorities claimed the Panthers had opened fire on the police who were there to serve a search...
by Susan | Dec 3, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
December 3, 1984 An explosion at a Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal, India lead to the worst industrial accident in history. At least 2,000 people died and another 200,000 were injured when toxic gas enveloped the city of nearly a million...
