by Susan | May 19, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
May 19, 1997 The Sierra Gorda biosphere, the most ecologically diverse region in Mexico, was established to protect the land while providing employment, as a result of grassroots efforts. Dependent on poor subsistence crops and livestock and remittances from the USA,...
by Susan | May 18, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
May 18, 1972 Margaret (Maggie) Kuhn founded the Gray Panthers (originally called the Consultation of Older and Younger Adults for Social Change) to consider the common problems faced by retirees — loss of income, loss of contact with associates, and loss of one of...
by Susan | May 17, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
May 17, 1957 In the “Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom,” probably the first major African-American march on Washington, an estimated 25,000 people marched the third anniversary of Brown v Board of Education to demand civil rights for African-Americans. The Reverend Dr....
by Susan | May 16, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
May 16, 1927 In the case of Whitney v. California, Justice Louis Brandeis, in his concurrence, offered one of the most eloquent defenses of free speech and established the “clear and present danger” test. Anita Whitney was convicted under...
by Susan | May 15, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
May 15, 1923 Novelist Upton Sinclair was arrested on Liberty Hill in what is now part of Los Angeles at a rally in support of striking marine transport workers. Sinclair had just begun to read the Bill of Rights when he was arrested, and a police officer exclaimed,...
by Susan | May 14, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
May 14, 1961 The Freedom Riders bus was fire-bombed near Anniston, Alabama, and the civil rights protesters were beaten by an angry...
