Detroit Coalition to End the War Now! records, 1970-1973.

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Detroit Coalition to End the War Now! records, 1970-1973.

Correspondence, clippings, leaflets, pamphlets, newsletters, and other materials relating to the Detroit Coalition to End the War Now! Includes material relating to: John Conyers, Kenneth Cockrel, and Emil Mazey. Important subjects covered in the collection are: social movements in Michigan, National Peace Action Coalition, and peace movements in the United States.

1.5 linear ft. (3 boxes)

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Wayne State University. Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs

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Cockrel, Kenneth V.

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Detroit Coalition to End the War Now!

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Conyers, John, Jr., 1929-2019

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John James Conyers Jr. (May 16, 1929 – October 27, 2019) was an American politician of the Democratic Party who served as a U.S. Representative for Michigan from 1965 to 2017. The districts he represented always included part of western Detroit. During his final three terms, his district included many of Detroit's western suburbs, as well as a large portion of the Downriver area. Conyers served more than fifty years in Congress, becoming the sixth-longest serving member of Congress in U.S. hi...

Lafferty, James T., 1938-

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Detroit lawyer and peace activist. From the description of James Lafferty papers, 1969-1973. (Wayne State University, Archives of Labor & Urban). WorldCat record id: 32321149 ...

Mazey, Emil, 1913-1983

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Labor leader, of Detroit, Mich. From the description of Papers, 1933-1981. (Wayne State University). WorldCat record id: 28421693 Secretary-Treasurer of UAW. President of UAW Briggs Local 212 between 1937-1941 and 1943-1944. From the description of Emil L. Mazey papers, 1933-1981. (Wayne State University, Archives of Labor & Urban). WorldCat record id: 32321140 ...

Ravitz, Mel

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National Peace Action Coalition (U.S.)

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The National Peace Action Coalition was one of the largest anti-Vietnam War movement organizations of that era. With chapters in many U.S. cities, the Coalition planned and conducted a number of major anti-war demonstrations in Washington D.C., San Francisco, and other cities to protest the U.S. conduct of the war in Southeast Asia. Their demand was for immediate, unconditional withdrawal of all U.S. forces from Southeast Asia. From the description of Collection, 1970-1973. (Swarthmo...