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Continental Walk for Disarmament and Social Justice

 Organization

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Mary Bye Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-024
Overview

Mary (Du Bois) Bye, Quaker peace and social activist and member of Doylestown Monthly Meeting of Friends in Pennsylvania, was born in 1913. This collection consists of the papers relating to Mary Bye's political activity. It includes correspondence, notes, clippings, and other files concerning peace and justice issues.

Dates: 1966-[on-going]

Continental Walk for Disarmament and Social Justice Records

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-135
Overview

The Continental Walk for Disarmament and Social Justice was initated in 1974 to "call for disarmament, a simultaneous shift of economic priorities away from militarism and toward meeting domestic and global human needs, and removal of the causes of war." When the Walk ended on October 18, 1976 at the Pentagon in Washington D.C., walkers had covered 8,000 miles through 34 states.

Dates: 1975-1978

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  • Subject: Peace -- Societies, etc. X

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Subject
Church controversies -- Society of Friends 1
Disarmament 1
Disarmament -- Societies, etc. -- History -- Sources 1
Disinvestment -- South Africa 1
Peace -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends 1