by Susan | May 24, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
May 24, 1963 Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy invited novelist James Baldwin, along with a large group of cultural leaders, to meet in a Kennedy apartment in New York City. The meeting became antagonistic and the group reached no consensus. The black delegation...
by Susan | May 23, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
May 23, 1984 In Edgewood Independent School District et al. v. Kirby et al., a landmark case concerning public school finance, the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund filed suit against commissioner of education William Kirby in Travis County on behalf...
by Susan | May 22, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
May 24, 1941 Bob Dylan “You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.” May 27, 1911 Hubert Humphrey “This, then, is the test we must set for ourselves; not to march alone but to march in such a way that others will wish to join...
by Susan | May 22, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
May 22, 1856 When Massachusetts Senator Charles Sumner giving a scathing indictment of slavery and his southern colleagues who supported it, South Carolina Representative Preston Brooks took great offense to Sumner’s speech and attacked him at his desk on the Senate...
by Susan | May 21, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
May 21, 1930 As many as 2,500 protesters filled the local jails for their civil disobedience during a nonviolent “raid” on the Dharasana Salt Works. Column after column of Indians advanced toward the gates and were severely beaten by the native police under British...
by Susan | May 20, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
May 20, 1961 With the local police looking on, 300 white segregationists attacked a busload of both black and white “Freedom Riders” in Montgomery, Alabama’s bus depot. Among those beaten was Justice Department official John Seigenthaler who had tried to negotiate...
