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American Friends Service Committee

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Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Ross Flanagan Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-064
Overview

Ross Flanagan (1934- ), is Quaker pacifist and activist, has been involved in many Quaker-sponsored projects, peace, and civil rights activities. In the 1950s he served on the staff of the American Friends Service Committee. He was an early protestor against the Vietnam war and worked with A Quaker Action Group in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In the 1970s Flanagan was involved in neighborhood revitalization projects in West Philadelphia.

Dates: 1962-1993; Majority of material found within 1964-1978

Friends Committee on National Legislation Records

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-047
Abstract

A Quaker lobbying group established in 1943 to bring conscience and spiritual values to the political process in Washington; it grew out of the work of the Friends War Problems Committee in 1940.

Dates: 1943-

Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Records: Committee on Race Relations and its predecessors (1919-1970)

 Collection — Othertype SW/Phy/800
Identifier: QM-Phy-800
Overview

Records, 1921-1969, of the Race Relations Committee of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting and its predecessors, the Anti-Lynching Committee (1919-1921), Committee on the Interests of the Colored Race (1921-1929) Committee on Race Relations (1921-1929), and the Joint Committee on Race Relations(1929-1955).

Dates: 1921-1969

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  • Subject: African Americans -- Civil rights X

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African Americans -- Civil rights 2
African American churches -- Mississippi -- History -- Sources 1
African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- Sources 1
African Americans -- Mississippi -- History -- Sources 1
African Americans -- Pennsylvania 1
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California -- Politics and government 1
Civil rights -- Mississippi -- History -- Sources 1
Civil rights -- United States 1
Civil rights movements -- Pennsylvania 1
Civil rights workers -- Pennsylvania 1
Conscientious objection -- United States 1
Conscientious objectors -- United States 1
Crime prevention -- Citizen participation -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 1
Declaration of Intention (Petition) 1
Disarmament 1
Draft -- United States 1
Food supply 1
Illinois -- Politics and government 1
Indians of North America -- Civil rights 1
Levittown (N.Y.) -- History 1
Lobbying -- California 1
Lobbying -- Illinois 1
Lobbying -- United States 1
Lobbying -- Wisconsin 1
Lynching 1
National service -- United States 1
Nonviolence -- United States 1
Pacifism -- United States 1
Peace -- Societies, etc. 1
Peace movements -- United States 1
Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Race relations 1
Quakers -- Canada -- History -- Sources 1
Quakers -- Political activity 1
Quakers -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Race relations -- Mississippi -- History -- Sources 1
Race relations -- Pennsylvania 1
Race relations -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends 1
Race relations -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends -- History -- Sources 1
Racism -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 1
Slavery and the church -- Society of Friends 1
Society of Friends -- Education 1
Society of Friends -- Pennsylvania 1
Society of Friends -- Political activity 1
Society of Friends -- Societies, etc. 1
United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century 1
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Civilian relief -- Sources 1
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Moral and ethical aspects 1
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Religious aspects 1
War -- Moral and ethical aspects 1
War -- Religious aspects 1
Wisconsin -- Politics and government 1
Women -- Societies and clubs 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- Conscientious Objectors 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- Moral and ethical aspects 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- Religious aspects 1
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