by Susan | Apr 14, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
April 14, 2007 The Russian activist Garry Kasparov was among 170 people arrested as police prevented a banned anti-Kremlin march and rally that started in Pushkin Square, Moscow, from proceeding. The former chess player was freed several hours later, and was fined $38...
by Susan | Apr 13, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
April 13, 1873 The Colfax massacre, in which more than 60 African Americans were murdered, took place. In the wake of the contested 1872 election for governor of Louisiana and local offices, a group of white Democrats, armed with rifles and a small cannon, overpowered...
by Susan | Apr 12, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
April 12, 1971 Ninety-year-old Jeanette Rankin, the only member of Congress to vote against U.S. entry to both World Wars, lead 8,000 in protest of the Vietnam War in the Women’s peace march on the...
by Susan | Apr 11, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
April 11, 1963 Pope John XXIII issued Pacem in Terris, (Peace on Earth) an encyclical on establishing universal peace in truth, justice, charity and liberty. In it he wrote: Everyone must sincerely co-operate in the effort to banish fear and the anxious expectation...
by Susan | Apr 10, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
April 10, 1956 Nat “King” Cole was attacked and severely beaten by three members of the North Alabama White Citizen’s Council while singing “Little Girl” with the Ted Heath Band at the Municipal Hall in Birmingham, Alabama. Although local law...
by Susan | Apr 9, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
April 9, 2006 As many as a half million immigrants and their supporters marched in downtown Dallas in what one activist described as the largest civil rights march in the city’s history. The protesters urged federal lawmakers to reform the nation’s...
