Ahimsa Farm

Dates:
Active 1940
Active 1942

Biographical notes:

Ahimsa Farm was an independent, self-sustaining project founded by six Antioch College students whose purpose was to practice "aggressive pacifism." Most participants were members of the Fellowship of Reconciliation. Projects included desegregation of a Cleveland, Ohio swimming pool, and the Non-Violent Expeditionary Force to India.

From the description of Collection, 1940-1942. (Swarthmore College, Peace Collection). WorldCat record id: 26725795

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Subjects:

  • African Americans
  • Communal living
  • Discrimination against African Americans
  • Nonviolence
  • Pacifism
  • Pacifists

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Places:

  • United States (as recorded)
  • Ohio (as recorded)
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