Subject: Amnesty -- United States -- History -- Sources and Draft resisters -- United States -- History -- Sources / Year: <span class="from" data-blrl-begin="1950">1950</span> to <span class="to" data-blrl-end="1999">1999</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

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.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Extent:: 5 linear ft. (5 linear ft.)
Abstract:: The People's Coalition for Peace and Justice included various peace, anti-poverty, and labor groups. These groups worked together to confront the related issues of war in Southeast Asia and racism, sexism, poverty, and repression in the United States. The People's Coalition for Peace and Justice was founded in 1970 as National Coalition Against War, Racism, and Repression and organized several specific campaigns including People's Peace Treaty, Citizen's Action Pledge, and Nixon Eviction campaign; reports, speeches, and resolutions pertaining to the Assembly for Peace and Independence of the People of Indochina held at Versailles, France, February 1972.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Extent:: 5.5 linear ft. (5.5 linear ft.)
Abstract:: Another Mother for Peace was a women's peace group born from the antipathy to the war in Vietnam, based in Los Angeles, California. The stated purpose of this non-partison, non-profit organization was "to educate women to take an active role in eliminating war as a means of solving disputes between nations, people and ideologies." AMP closed its offices in January 1986.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Extent:: 0.83 linear ft. (10 linear in.)
Abstract:: Albon Platt Man Jr.,was called up for the draft during World War II, but failed to register because of his conscientious objection to war, and was sentenced to three years in prison in March 1943. He was later involvemented with the Committee for Amnesty, the CCCO, the War Resisters League, and other peace groups.

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Extent:: 4.75 linear ft. and 10 items
Abstract:: Polner was an author and editor of books and periodicals on social history, public policy, and Jewish concerns. This collection chiefly relates to his research on Vietnam veterans for his book No Victory Parades and on the question of amnesty for When Can I Come Home? The collection also include audiotapes of oral histories of American Jews who were conscientious objectors or who resisted serving in the military during World War II or the Korean War. There is additional material from Polner's research about the evacuation of Japanese Americans from the West Coast during World War II and information about the Vietnam war, conscientious objection, and constitutional rights of GIs.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Extent:: 2 linear ft. (2 linear feet.)
Abstract:: Papers of a Frances K. and Dwight S. Large, who worked for legal amnesty for Vietnam War resisters.

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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.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Extent:: 45 linear ft. (45 linear ft.)
Abstract:: Women Strike for Peace came into existence on November 1, 1961, as a protest against atmospheric nuclear tests by the U.S. and the Soviet Union. By the late 1980s the national WSP office in Philadelphia closed, but the WSP legislative office and various WSP branches around the U.S. remained active through the 1990s.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

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