by Susan | May 30, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
May 30, 1989 The 33-foot high “Goddess of Democracy” statue, constructed in only four days out of foam and papier-mâché over a metal armature, was unveiled in Tiananmen Square by student...
by Susan | May 29, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
May 29, 1932 In the depths of the Great Depression, the Bonus Expeditionary Force, a group of 1,000 World War I veterans seeking to cash in their veterans’ bonus certificates, arrived in Washington, D.C. Though issued to the veterans in 1924, the certificates were not...
by Susan | May 28, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
May 28, 1830 U.S. President Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act, which relocated Native Americans to federal territory west of the Mississippi River. Jackson believed his population transfer was a “wise and humane policy” that would save the...
by Susan | May 27, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
May 27, 1967 In the case of O’Brien v United States, the Supreme Court ruled that burning a draft card as a form of protest was not protected by the First Amendment. Chief Justice Warren, normally a strong defender of civil liberties wrote: “We cannot accept the view...
by Susan | May 26, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
May 26, 1947 An FBI memo attacked the now-classic film, It’s A Wonderful Life, starring James Stewart and Donna Reed, for conveying a subversive, anti-capitalist, anti-banking message. The memo argued that making the banker Mr. Potter the most hated person in the film...
by Susan | May 25, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
May, 25 2013 Ukraine’s first gay pride parade took place with about one-hundred attendees in the country’s capital city of Kiev. Police were present and had to arrest thirteen people who were trying to break up the...
