May 28, 1892
The Sierra Club, America’s oldest grassroots environmental organization, was organized in San Francisco with wilderness explorer John Muir as its first president. The organization’s initial effort was to defeat a proposed reduction in the boundaries of Yosemite National Park. In the photo above Muir, on the right, is pictured with Teddy Roosevelt.
May 28, 1961
Amnesty International, a worldwide movement of people who campaign for internationally recognized human rights, particularly as laid out in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, was founded in Great Britain.
