Papers of the U.S. House Committee on Internal Security [manuscript], 1950-1974.

Black Panther Party

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The Black Panther Party was founded in October 1966 by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale as an organization dedicated to protecting and uplifting the Black population of Oakland. As the organization grew this focus spread to the rest of the United States and even abroad. The armed militancy and Marxist rhetoric employed by the Black Panthers, along with their philosophy of Black self-government caught the attention of both local law enforcement authorities and the FBI. As a result, many in the Pant...

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...

Preyer, Richardson, 1919-2001

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Lunsford Richardson Preyer (1919-2001) was a lawyer, judge, politician, educator, and civic and philanthropic leader from Greensboro, N.C. Lunsford Richardson Preyer was born in Greensboro, N.C., on 11 January 1919, the third of five sons of William Yost Preyer and Mary Norris Richardson Preyer. Rich graduated from Woodberry Forest School in 1937, Princeton University in 1941, and Harvard Law School in 1949. Between college and law school, Preyer joined the Un...

Ichord, Richard H., 1926-1992

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National Alliance against Racist and Political Repression (U.S.)

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The Defense Committee was established on behalf of Angela Davis. From the description of National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression (U.S.) Angela Davis Defense Committee collection, 1970-1976. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122597293 ...

Veterans For Peace in Vietnam.

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Kiracofe, Clifford Attick.

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Women Strike for Peace

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Women Strike for Peace began in 1961 as a one-day protest against nuclear weapons, led by Dagmar Wilson, in Washington, DC; a nation-wide grass-roots organization most active during the Vietnamese Conflict, when it operated draft counseling and amnesty programs, and lobbied against the continuation of the war; has local chapters throughout the U.S.; national headquarters are in Philadelphia, PA; legislative office and National Information Clearing House are in Washington DC; also known as WISP (...

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Internal Security

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Clifford A Kiracofe, Jr, formerly a Senior Professional Staff Member of the United States Senate on Foreign Relations. Author of "Dark Crusade: Christian Zionism and US Foreign Policy" (2009), and in collaboration with Pierre de Villemarest, a history of Soviet military intelligence (1988), and a history of the STASI (1991). Currently teaching at Washington and Lee and Virginia Military Institute. From the description of Papers of the U.S. House Committee on Internal Security [manusc...

Vietnam veterans against the war

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The founders were former servicemen and servicewomen who served in Vietnam and who opposed the United States government's policy during the Vietnamese Conflict, sometimes in the face of public apathy, indifference and even hostility and harassment. They testified in the 1971 Winter Soldier Investigation as to the extent of atrocities against Viet Cong prisoners, civilians, and illegal border incursions into noncombatant countries. From the description of Collection, 1967-[ongoing]. (...