by Susan | Apr 7, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
April 7, 1954 President Dwight D. Eisenhower gave his “domino theory” speech during a news conference. The domino theory was prominent from the 1950s to the 1980s; it assumed that if one country in a region came under the influence of communism, then the...
by Susan | Apr 6, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
April 6, 1896 The Olympic Games were reborn in Athens 1,500 years after being banned by Roman Emperor Theodosius I. The IOC sees as part of their mission as “contributing to the search for peaceful and diplomatic solutions to the conflicts around the world” and claims...
by Susan | Apr 5, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
April 5, 1930 In what is known as the Salt March, Mohandas Gandhi and his followers reached the end of their 240 mile march to the Indian Ocean coast at Dandi. He had left his ashram with 78 satyagrahis; the procession grew over the 23 days of traveling on foot until...
by Susan | Apr 4, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
April 4, 1967 Martin Luther King Jr. spoke at Riverside church in New York about the war in Vietnam. King stated that “somehow this madness must cease. We must stop now. I speak as a child of God and brother to the suffering poor of Vietnam. I speak for those...
by Susan | Apr 3, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
April 3, 1944 In Smith v. Allwright, the Supreme Court declared the Texas all-white Democratic Party primary elections unconstitutional. Democratic Party primary elections were tantamount to the final election, because the Republican Party was then all but nonexistent...
by Susan | Apr 2, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
April 2, 1960 Nearly 100 students from 19 states attended a workshop at Shaw University in North Carolina; Guy and Candy Carawan, the music director of the Highlander School in Tenessee, taught them 1930s labor songs: “We Shall Not Be Moved,” “Keep...
