Gara, Larry
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Continental Walk for Disarmament and Social Justice Records
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.
John D'Emilio Collected Papers
Eichel Family Papers
The Eichel Family papers provide a unique glimpse into the lives of conscientious objectors and peace activists from one family over two generations, from 1916 onward. Julius Eichel, David Eichel and Albert Eichel were all C.O.s during WWI. Julius Eichel and his wife Esther Eichel protested WWII. Their son Seymour Eichel also served time in prison for his refusal to serve in the military in the 1950s.
Fellowship of Reconciliation (U.S.) Records
The Fellowship of Reconciliation in the U.S. was founded in 1915 by Christian pacifists. The organization, whose members are now drawn from many religious groups, seeks to apply principles of peace and social justice and non-violent social change to issues such as disarmament, conscription, race relations, economic justice, and civil liberties.
Larry Gara Collected Papers
Abraham Kaufman Collected Papers
In October 1928, Kaufman became the first paid employee of the War Resisters League, eventually becoming its Executive Secretary through 1947. He co-founded the Metropolitan Board for Conscientious Objectors.
War Resisters League's First 50 Years Slideshow, 1973 August 05
This slide show was presented at the 50th Anniversary Conference of the War Resisters League. It contains the collected historical information and images presented by Larry Gara on August 5, 1973 at Asilomar in Pacific Grove, CA. The full script with a narrative desciption for each slide is available.
WIN Magazine Records
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- Peace -- Societies, etc. -- History -- Sources 2
- African American civil rights workers -- History -- Sources 1
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- African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- Sources 1
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- Civil rights -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
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- Disarmament -- History -- Sources 1
- Disarmament -- Religious aspects -- History -- Sources 1
- Disarmament -- Societies, etc. -- History -- Sources 1
- Draft registration -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Environmental protection -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Feminism -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Nonviolence -- History -- Sources 1
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- Peace -- Religious aspects -- History -- Sources 1
- Peace -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends -- History -- Sources 1
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- Political prisoners -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
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- Selective conscientious objection -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
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- Society of Friends -- Sources. -- Peace testimony -- History 1
- Tax protests and appeals -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- United States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 1
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements -- United States -- Sources 1
- WIN (Periodical) 1
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- War victims -- Services for -- History -- Sources 1
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Conscientious objectors -- Sources 1
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