by Susan | Jun 26, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
June 26, 1945 On the stage of San Francisco’s Veterans Auditorium (now known as the Herbst Theatre in the center of the War Memorial Veterans Building), delegates from 50 nations signed the United Nations Charter, establishing the world body as a means of saving...
by Susan | Jun 25, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
June 25, 2013 The Supreme Court declared unconstitutional key sections of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, eliminating what most experts regard as the crucial enforcement mechanism of the law. Section 5 requires certain states or local jurisdictions to obtain pre-clearance...
by Susan | Jun 24, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
June 24, 1932 A bloodless revolution instigated by the People’s Party ended the absolute power of King Prajadhipok of Siam (now...
by Susan | Jun 23, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
June 23, 2011 Senegalese youth, many involved in the hip-hop scene, formed a group called “Y’en a Marre,” ( “fed up”) to protest proposed changes to the constitution which would have kept the current president in power. On this day hundreds of thousands protested...
by Susan | Jun 22, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
June 22, 1964 In Escobedo v. Illinois, the Supreme Court held that under the Sixth Amendment criminal suspects have a right to counsel during in-custody interrogations. The case was decided a year after the court held in Gideon v. Wainwright that indigent criminal...
