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“There is not peace in many of our cities because there is not freedom.” – Pres. John F. Kennedy
| September 10, 1897 Nineteen unarmed striking coal miners were killed and 36 more wounded in Lattimer (near Hazleton), Pennsylvania, for refusing to disperse, by a posse organized by the Luzerne County sheriff. The strikers, most of whom were shot in the back, were originally brought in as strike-breakers, but later created their own union. The background and details |
| September 10, 1963 Twenty black students entered public schools in Birmingham, Tuskegee and Mobile, Alabama. The Governor George C. Wallace had ordered Alabama state troopers to stop the federal court-ordered integration of Alabama’s elementary and high schools. President John Kennedy responded by calling out the Alabama National Guard to protect the students and to see the order enforced. President Kennedy spoke that day at American University’s commencement, saying, “Peace need not be impractical, war not inevitable . . . There is not peace in many of our cities because there is not freedom.” |
September 10, 1996 Sheryl Crow’s second album was banned from Wal-Mart stores because the song she co-wrote with Tad Wadhams, “Love Is A Good Thing” opens with “Watch out sister, watch out brother, Watch our children while they kill each other With a gun they bought at Wal-Mart discount stores….” Read more about this event and an update |
https://www.peacebuttons.info/E-News/peacehistoryseptember.htm#september10
Paul Robeson, Elizabeth Eckford, & More, in Peace & Justice History for 9/4
| September 4, 1949 Paul Robeson, scholar, athlete, musician and leader, defying a racist and red-baiting mob, sang to 15,000 at a Labor Day gathering in Peekskill, New York.  Paul Robeson (at microphone) singing to the Labor Day gathering in Peekskill, New York The story and photographs of what happened Film from that day narrated by Sidney Poitier |
| September 4, 1954 The Peace Pledge Union (PPU) organized a demonstration against the H-Bomb in London’s Trafalgar Square. The PPU dates back to October 1934.  Young Peace Pledge Union members today. The PPU today History of the Peace Pledge Union __________________________________________________ September 4, 1957 Elizabeth Eckford and eight other young Negroes were blocked from becoming the first black student at Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas.  Elizabeth Eckford Governor Orval Faubus had called out the National Guard to prevent the court-ordered integration of the public schools in the state’s capital. President Dwight Eisenhower eventually sent in federal troops to guarantee the law was enforced.  Elizabeth Eckford followed and taunted by mob, 1957.Read more Read More A very interesting related story: ____________________________________________________ September 4, 1970 Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW) began Operation RAW (Rapid American Withdrawal). Over the following three days more than 200 veterans, assisted by the Philadelphia Guerilla Theater, staged a march from Morristown, New Jersey, to Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, reenacting the invasion of small rural hamlets along the way.      Operation Rapid American Withdrawal 1970-2005: Memories ______________________________________________________________ September 4, 1978 Simultaneous demonstrations in Moscow’s Red Square and in front of the White House in Washington, D.C. were organized by the War Resisters League, calling for nuclear disarmament.  |
https://www.peacebuttons.info/E-News/peacehistoryseptember.htm#september4
PROTESTERS LOCK UP TRUMP’S THUGS
Pritzker Fights Back Against Trump Plan To Invade Chicago
Morning Joe Can’t Stop Lying About Crime
Judge Orders Florida Rainbow Sidewalk Chalk Protestor Released From Jail—Arrests Continue
Ali sent me a comment letting me know the links never came with the article. Here is her links and she has my thanks. Hugs
2 links: one from Erin in the Morning, who I bet you wanted to link;
https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/judge-orders-florida-rainbow-sidewalk , and one from local news:
https://www.wesh.com/article/protester-arrested-chalking-pulse-crosswalk-released-no-bond/65939651
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Scottie
Dem Senator On Israel-Gaza: I’ve Made A Terrible Mistake
Mike Johnson Struggles To Explain Why National Guard Isn’t Going To His High-Crime County
Bonus Josh Johnson, Just for Fun!
I hope all reading here have a very good day, and enjoy at least some of the fruits of your labors.
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