American Peace Test records, 1985-1994.
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American Peace Test (Organization)
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In 1985, American Peace Test was founded as a direct, nonviolent action campaign to protest U.S. government testing of nuclear weapons at the Nevada Test Site, near Las Vegas, Nevada. Founders of APT were Jessie Cocks, Nancy Hale, Jim Driscoll, Peter Bergel, Ted Coran and Nancy Heskett, as a project of the National FREEZE Campaign; APT became an independent organization in 1986 when the first large-scale action took place. Large actions were held throughout the 1980s. These drew the support of n...