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Congress of Racial Equality

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Congress of Racial Equality Collected Records

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Congress of Racial Equality
Overview The Congress of Racial Equality was organized circa 1942 by an interracial group of University of Chicago students and theological seminary students, together with members of the Fellowship of Reconciliation (U.S.). The purpose of the organization was to eliminate all racial segregation and discrimination by means of interracial, direct nonviolent action. By 1966, CORE's official policy shifted to Black power and Black separatism while rejecting the former principles of non-violence. This...
Dates: 1942-1972

Charles Fisher Collected Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Fisher, Charles
Overview

Charles Fisher was a draft counselor for the Boston Draft Resistance Group (BDRG), and involved with the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE).

Dates: Majority of material found within 1964-1971

A.J. Muste Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-050
Overview A.J. Muste (1885-1967), was ordained a minister in the Dutch Reformed Church, but later (1917), he became a member of the Society of Friends. During World War I, Muste's refusal to abandon his pacifist position led to his forced resignation from the Central Congregational Church in Newtonville, Massachusetts. Muste's involvement as a labor organizer began in 1919 when he led strikes in the textile mills of Lawrence, Massachusetts. He became the director of the Brookwood Labor College in...
Dates: 1920-1967

Juanita Morrow Nelson and Wallace F. Nelson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-262
Abstract

Juanita and Wally Nelson were civil rights activists, tax resisters, simple living proponents, farmers, and writers/speakers for peace.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1923-2015

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Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
Tax protests and appeals -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
African American civil rights workers -- History -- Sources 1
African American pacifists -- History -- Sources 1
African Americans -- Civil rights 1
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African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- Sources 1
African Americans -- Segregation 1
African Americans -- Segregation -- History -- Sources 1
Antinuclear movement -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Ballistic missiles -- United States 1
Civil rights -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 1
Civil rights movements -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area -- History -- Sources 1
Civil rights movements -- United States 1
Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 1
Civil rights workers -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Communal living -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Conscientious Objectors -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- History -- Sources 1
Conscientious objection -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Conscientious objectors -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Discrimination in public accommodations -- United States 1
Draft resisters -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- History -- Sources 1
Draft resisters -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Journey of Reconciliation, 1947 1
Labor leaders -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Nonviolence -- History -- Sources 1
Nonviolence -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Pacifists -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Peace -- Religious aspects -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Peace -- Societies, etc. 1
Peace movements -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Polaris (Missile) 1
Political prisoners -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Quakers -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Segregation -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Simplicity -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Sustainable agriculture -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
United States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 1
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Draft resisters -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Sources 1
Voluntary simplicity movement -- History -- Sources 1
War -- Moral and ethical aspects -- History -- Sources 1
War tax resistance -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- Conscientious objectors -- United States -- Sources 1
You don't have to ride Jim Crow! 1995 1
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