April 9
1947
First freedom ride, the “Journey of Reconciliation,” left Washington, D.C. to travel through four southern states. The integrated bus tour was sponsored by CORE (Congress for Racial Equality) and FOR (Fellowship of Reconciliation).
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1995
Former Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara first publicly acknowledged that “we were terribly wrong” to prosecute the war in Vietnam.
Read more about McNamara and the Iraq War.
1981
Members of Big Stone Cree end a 250 mile march to Edmonton to highlight economic plight of Big Stone Cree in northern Alberta.
Deanna Dee-Dee Taylor 