Abraham Kaufman papers, 1942-1997

Rustin, Bayard, 1912-1987

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Bayard Rustin (b. March 17, 1912, West Chester, Pennsylvania–d. August 24, 1987, Manhattan, New York) was an African-American Quaker who was concerned with nonviolence, socialism, civil rights, race relations, and international relations. He was connected with the Fellowship of Reconciliation, American Friends Service Committee, War Resisters League, Congress of Racial Equality, and Committee for Nonviolent Civil Disobedience against Military Segregation. He was imprisoned during World War II fo...

Fellowship of Reconciliation (U.S.)

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The Fellowship of Reconciliation was established in December of 1914, during a meeting at Cambridge, England. Its members believed that Christians were forbidden to wage war, and that instead they should work positively to establish a new world order of peace and justice. The F.O.R. had its office in London. It produced and distributed literature, including its monthly magazine Reconciliation; worked with youth; fostered groups of members throughout the country; and supported the work of the Int...

Swarthmore College. Peace Collection.

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Andresen, Bent H.

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Schoenberg, Samuel,

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Lazarus, Frieda Langer

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Frieda Langer Lazarus (1896-1968) was an antiwar activist. She was a member of the Women's Peace Union and the War Resisters League. From the description of Frieda Langer Lazarus papers, 1932-1949. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 86164313 Frieda Langer Lazarus, born in New York to Polish parents in 1896, was an antiwar activist and advocate for conscientious objectors. In the early 1940s she was a founder of the Metropolit...

Bennett, Scott H.

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Metropolitan Board for Conscientious Objectors

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Hughan, Jessie Wallace, 1875-1955

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Jessie Wallace Hughan, educator, pacifist and socialist, helped to establish the Anti-Enlistment League (1915), belonged to the Fellowship of Reconciliation, and assisted in the founding of the War Resisters League, for which she worked throughout her life. From the description of Collection, 1905-1955. (Swarthmore College, Peace Collection). WorldCat record id: 28297239 ...

Leland, Wilma Smith, 1903-

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Anderson, Jervis.

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War Resisters League

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The War Resisters League (WRL) was established in 1923 through the initiative of Jessie Wallace Hughan. It began as an organization for men and women willing to sign a pledge refusing to support war of any kind. During World War II, it lent both moral and legal support to conscientious objectors, especially absolute pacifists who refused to participate even in civilian alternative service, often for reasons other than religious beliefs. In 1968, the WRL merged with the Committee for Nonviolent A...

Kaufman, Abraham.

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Abraham Kaufman; pacifist and socialist; b. New York, N.Y., 1908; attended City University of New York; worked for and with Jessie Wallace Hughan to form the War Resisters League; Executive Secretary of the War Resisters League from mid 1920s to 1947; worked with the Emergency Peace Campaign and the Metropolitan Board for Conscientious Objectors; d. 2004. From the description of Abraham Kaufman papers, 1942-1997 (Swarthmore College, Peace Collection). WorldCat record id: 53378723 ...

Jewish Peace Fellowship (U.S.)

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Affiliated with the Fellowship of Reconciliation, the Jewish Peace Fellowship was founded by Rabbi Isidor B. Hoffman, Columbia University graduate students, and pacifist rabbis in 1941. From the description of Collection, 1942-[ongoing] (Swarthmore College, Peace Collection). WorldCat record id: 27995452 ...

Young, Michael David, 1953-

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Gara, Larry.

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Larry Gara; conscientious objector to World War II, served three-year prison term as a result; professor of history and government at Bluffton College (Ohio) and Wilmington College (Ohio); Quaker; writes on war resistance, history of dissent, and anti-slavery movements. From the description of Collection, 1949-1972. (Swarthmore College, Peace Collection). WorldCat record id: 52309148 ...

Bohn, Lewis Christian,

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Early, Frances H.

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Charlotte Citizens for Peace (Port Charlotte, Fla.)

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