by Susan | Mar 23, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
March 23, 1966 Breaking 400 years of Roman Catholic and Anglican Church estrangement, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Michael Ramsey, made an official visit to Pope Paul...
by Susan | Mar 21, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
March 21, 2003 The report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of South Africa was released. The Commission was charged with investigating and providing “as complete a picture as possible of the nature, causes and extent of gross violations of human rights”...
by Susan | Mar 20, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
March 20, 1998 Despite the efforts of thousands of anti-nuclear demonstrators, a train hauling 60 tons of nuclear waste arrived in the north German town of Ahaus from Walheim in the south. Twice the train was stopped by protesters chained to the tracks; 300 were...
by Susan | Mar 18, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
March 18, 1942 The War Relocation Authority was created to “Take all people of Japanese descent into custody, surround them with troops, prevent them from buying land, and return them to their former homes at the close of the war.” 120,000 men, women, and...
by Susan | Feb 28, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history, Uncategorized
February 28, 1823 US Supreme Court Chief Justice John Marshall, in the case of Johnson v. M’Intosh, first applied the Doctrine of Discovery and the Law of Nations in the United States. Marshall traced the outlines of the “discovery doctrine”—that a...
