Kepler, Roy C.
Radical pacifist; conscientious objector during World War II, during which he was active in political organizing in Civilian Public Service camps; owned paperback bookstore in Berkeley, CA; worked with draft resisters during the Vietnamese Conflict; a founder of the Pacifica Foundation and public radio in Berkeley, CA; active with the War Resisters League, particularly West Coast branches; also with the Peacemakers, the Committee for Nonviolent Action, the Institute for the Study of Nonviolence, the Third Camp, and other groups advocating nonviolent social change.
From the description of Papers, 1940-1985. (Swarthmore College, Peace Collection). WorldCat record id: 34035912
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referencedIn | Oswald Garrison Villard papers | Houghton Library | |
creatorOf | War Resisters League. Records, 1923- | Swarthmore College, Peace Collection, SCPC | |
creatorOf | Kepler, Roy C. Papers, 1940-1985. | Swarthmore College, Peace Collection, SCPC |
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associatedWith | Civilian Public Service. | corporateBody |
associatedWith | Committee for Nonviolent Action. | corporateBody |
associatedWith | Institute for the Study of Nonviolence. | corporateBody |
associatedWith | Pacifica Foundation. | corporateBody |
associatedWith | Peacemaker Movement. | corporateBody |
associatedWith | Swarthmore College. Peace Collection. | corporateBody |
associatedWith | Third Camp (Organization) | corporateBody |
correspondedWith | Villard, Oswald Garrison, 1872-1949 | person |
associatedWith | War Resisters League. | corporateBody |
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California--Berkeley |
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Conscientious objectors |
Government, Resistance to |
Nonviolence |
Pacifists |
Public radio |
Radicalism |
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 |
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 |
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 |
World War, 1939-1945 |
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Person
Active 1923