by Susan | Oct 2, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
October 2, 1968 In Mexico soldiers under President Gustavo Diaz Ordaz used automatic weapons and killed some 300 students in the Mexico City Tlatelolco massacre prior to the start of the summer Olympics. More than 10,000 high school and college students had gathered...
by Susan | Oct 1, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
October 1, 1919 Black sharecroppers gathered at Elaine, Arkansas, to secure a more equitable price for their products. When a white deputy sheriff and a railroad detective, arrived at the church, a fight broke out between them and the guards in which the railroad...
by Susan | Sep 30, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history, Uncategorized
September 30, 1964 The British play “Oh What a Lovely War” opened at Broadhurst Theater, New York City, for 125 performances. In a series of a song-and-dance vignettes, the play follows the Smith family, who initially view World War I with sunny optimism...
by Susan | Sep 29, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
September 29, 2002 A London crowd — estimated between 200,000 and 500,000 — protested British and U.S. plans for a “preemptive” invasion of...
by Susan | Sep 28, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
September 28, 2010 Irish Nobel laureate and peace activist Mairead Maguire (66) was detained after arriving in Israel because she had been deported in June for trying to reach Gaza by boat in defiance of an Israeli naval blockade. Airport officials told her she would...
