by Susan | Apr 1, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
April 1, 2003 A united group of Christian and Muslim women staged their first protest against the ongoing civil war in Liberia. Using the radio to spread the word, social worker Leymah Gbowee and Janet Johnson Bryant, a journalist, encouraged the women of Monrovia to...
by Susan | Mar 31, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
March 31, 2014 Japan accepted the United Nation’s International Court of Justice’s ruling that Japan must stop whaling in the Antarctic in accordance with a ban on the practice. Australia had brought suit against Japan in 2010. Japan had claimed that they...
by Susan | Mar 30, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
March 30, 1891 “Sockless” Jerry Simpson called on the Kansas Farmers’ Alliance to work for a takeover of the state government. Angered over low crop prices, high-interest bank loans and unaffordable shipping rates, farmers began to unite in self-help...
by Susan | Mar 29, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
March 29, 1940 In Cantwell v. Connecticut the Supreme Court ruled unanimously that a statute requiring a license to solicit for religious purposes is a form of prior restraint which vests the state with unconstitutional power in determining which groups must obtain a...
by Susan | Mar 28, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
March 28, 1930 The City of Constantinople changed to Istanbul. Constantinople (“City of Constantine”) was the principal official name of the city from the Fifth Century throughout the Byzantine period, and the Ottoman Empire. İstanbul was the common name...
by Susan | Mar 27, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
March 27, 1962 Archbishop Joseph Francis Rummel called for all Roman Catholic schools in the city of New Orleans to end their segregation policies. Protesters gathered outside his residence carrying signs declaring that the Bible preaches segregation. When three...
