Sentences with phrase «american peace activists»

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18-05-1952 The American singer and activist Paul Robeson performs for 40,000 people at a union - sponsored concert at the Peace Arch between Washington State and British Columbia.

Though the Bush Administration did not always follow the specific wishes of activists on southern Sudan, it placed a priority on peace because the issue had politically mobilized a critical mass of the American Christian community.

Today, that is largely forgotten, as all three recognize his greatness: progressives, as an activist for peace and social justice; conservatives, as a defender of the Natural Law and Biblical truth; and the U.S. government, as a symbol of national unity and American principles.

But if it was unjust to link peace work and appeasement in the «40s, the suspicion was more understandable in the «60s, when some American antiwar activists made no effort to conceal their sympathies for an authoritarian regime in North Vietnam.

Today we remember Martin Luther King, Jr., the American minister - turned - civil rights activist whose legacy stretches even into the realms of parenting — if you consider that many of his quotes centered on peace and harmony can be aptly applied to homes that strive to raise their children with peace, warmth, trust, and nonviolence.

IBFAN shares the award with a Chilean activist, an American environmentalist and two peace workers from the war - torn Balkans.