Collection of Political and social activist movements, 1968-1975.

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Collection of Political and social activist movements, 1968-1975.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/30530767

This collection contains materials collected by Geoffrey Bauman, who was an activist during the 1970s. The materials relate to the organizations that were involved in progressive movements such as the Communist Party, the Gulf Action Project, the Peace and Freedom Center, the Revolutionary Socialist Union, Students for a Democratic Society, and the United Farm Workers. The organizations were located both in Pittsburgh and other areas of the United States including Washington, D.C. The materials include flyers that were distributed for events such as anti-war protests, the freeing of Angela Davis, and abortion. Other materials include brochures about the organizations, newsletters that they distributed and publications from local and national groups. The collection is arranged by series into folders of local and non-local organizations and publications.

2.5 cubic ft. (5 boxes)

University of Pittsburgh

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SNAC Resource ID: 7287395

University of Pittsburgh

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Students for a Democratic Society (U.S.)

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Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) is a radical student group that descended from the Intercollegiate Socialist Society (ISS) which was founded in 1905. The ISS changed its name in 1921 to the League for Industrial Democracy (LID), a social-democratic educational and organizational group. Its student branch, the Student League for Industrial Democracy (SLID), merged with National Student League in 1935 to form American Student Union (ASU) but soon split over ASUs alleged communist affiliati...

United farm workers

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Collected by Fr. Victor Salandini. From the description of Clippings from first convention, 1973. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 462019377 The National Farm Workers Association (NFWA) was founded in 1962 by César E. Chávez and other Mexican-American community activists in Delano, California. In 1966, the NFWA merged with the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee (AWOC) to form the United Farm Workers of America, the first successful and largest effort ever to organize ag...

Bauman, Geoffrey.

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Communist party of America

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Peace & Freedom Center (Pittsburgh, Pa.)

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