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Philadelphia Resistance Collected Records
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Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]500 College Avenue, Swarthmore 19081-1399
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In Philadelphia, the Resistance grew out of the Vietnam Summer Committee, which worked to educate Philadelphians about U.S. involvement in Vietnam. This was a local group of a national movement aimed at challenging the Selective Service System using complete non-cooperation with the draft.
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- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements -- United States -- Sources
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Draft resisters -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Sources
- Draft resisters -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History -- Sources
- War resistance movements -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History -- Sources
- War resistance movements -- United States -- History -- Sources
- Publisher
- Swarthmore College Peace Collection
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