Collection, 1942-1969, 1943-1950.

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Collection, 1942-1969, 1943-1950.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/29546019

Includes prison correspondence, 1943-1946, and post-prison writings.

2.5 linear in.

Swarthmore College, Peace Collection, SCPC

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SNAC Resource ID: 7272239

Swarthmore College, Peace Collection, SCPC

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Wieck, David Thoreau, 1921-

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David Wieck was born in Illinois, attended Columbia University, and was a member of the American Student Union, and the Young Communist League (1935), which he resigned from due to his objection to undemocratic functions of the group. He was imprisoned after failing to obtain conscientious objector status from his draft board. Wieck participated in hunger strikes and the "Jim Crow" Strike of 1943, protesting unequal treatment of African-American conscientious objectors. He later protested the Ko...

Swarthmore College. Peace Collection.

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