American Peace Test (Organization)
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
American Peace Test Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-197
Abstract
In 1985 six members of the National FREEZE Campaign founded American Peace Test as a direct, non violent action campaign to protest the testing of nuclear weapons at the Nevada Test Site, near Las Vegas, Nevada. The first large scale action took place in 1986, drawing large crowds of protesters. Protests throughout the 1980s continued to draw larger numbers of protesters and the support of some nationally known celebrities and politicians. In the early 1990s American Peace Test regrouped,...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1985-1994
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Andrew B. Reid Papers
Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Reid, Andrew B.
Abstract
Includes correspondence (1981-1988); involvement with Rural Alliance for Military Accountability and its parent group the Rural Coalition; Western Solidarity; reference files include material about: MX missiles, 1981-1988 (primarily news clippings from western U.S. newspapers); the MX missile U.S. Airforce "Peacekeeper Rail Garrison" program, in which the missiles would be placed on railroad cars, to be moved in time of war; also includes files about organizations working against the MX...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1981-1988
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Additional filters:
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- Antinuclear movement -- Nevada -- Nevada Test Site -- History -- Sources 1
- Antinuclear movement -- West (U.S.) -- History -- Sources 1
- Intercontinental ballistic missiles -- West (U.S.) -- History -- Sources 1
- MX (Weapons system) -- Environmental aspects -- West (U.S.) -- History -- Sources 1
- MX (Weapons system) -- West (U.S.) -- History -- Sources 1
- Military railroads -- West (U.S.) -- History -- Sources 1
- Nevada Test Site (Nev.) -- History -- Sources 1
- Nuclear weapons -- Nevada -- Nevada Test Site -- History -- Sources 1
- Nuclear weapons -- United States -- Testing -- History -- Sources 1
- Nuclear weapons -- West (U.S.) -- History -- Sources 1 + ∧ less
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