Repository: Swarthmore College Peace Collection / Subject: Draft resisters -- United States -- History -- Sources / Creator: Tatum, Arlo D. - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Start Over Repository Swarthmore College Peace Collection Subject Draft resisters -- United States -- History -- Sources Creator Tatum, Arlo D.

Extent:: 90 linear ft. (90 linear feet.)
Abstract:: CCCO developed a nationwide network of military and draft counselors and attorneys to assist conscientious objectors. Most active during the Korean and Vietnam Wars, the CCCO promoted such issues as amnesty, repatriation, and counter-recruitment.Operations were suspended in late October 2009. As of 2010, some of their counseling service has been taken over by the GI Rights Hotline.

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Extent:: 8.33 linear ft. (8.33 linear feet.)
Abstract:: Staughton Lynd and Alice Niles Lynd, Quakers, authors, and activists in the civil rights and peace movements, who worked individually and collaborated on many labor and pacifist projects.

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Extent:: 7.5 linear ft. (7.5 linear ft.)
Abstract:: The Metropolitan Board for Conscientious Objectors was a non-sectarian, free advisory service for conscientious objectors to war and military service. The MBCO was set up to provide counseling and legal aid in metropolitan New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut and established by the United Pacifist Committee in 1940. The group disbanded in 1980.

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