by Susan | Feb 20, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
February 20, 1942 The vast majority of teachers in German-occupied Norway refused to comply with the forced Nazification of the school system. The government had ordered display of the portrait of German-installed Minister President Vidkun Quisling in all classrooms,...
by Susan | Feb 19, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
February 19, 1919 A Pan-African Congress was organized by W.E.B. DuBois in Paris, France, to coincide with the Versailles Peace Conference after World War I. The Congress’s aim was to call the issue of “international protection of the natives of Africa” to the...
by Susan | Feb 18, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history, Uncategorized
February 18, 1943 Hans Scholl and his sister Sophie, the leaders of the German youth group Weisse Rose (White Rose), were arrested by the Gestapo for opposing the Nazi regime. The White Rose was composed of university students who spoke out against Adolf Hitler and...
by Susan | Feb 17, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
February 17, 1975 Several hundred residents of Wyhl, Germany, located just outside of the Kaiserstuhl wine-growing area in the southwestern corner of Germany, occupied the site of a nuclear power plant with the intent of halting construction. The contractor had begun...
by Susan | Feb 16, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
Rep. Adam Clayton Powell, a Democrat from Harlem, helped to block a bill that provided federal aid to local schools with an amendment, which became known as the “Powell Amendment,” that denied funds to schools that were racially segregated. Powell repeatedly blocked...
