Subject: Civil rights demonstrations - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Extent:: 0.83 linear ft. (10 inches)
Abstract:: Albert S. Bigelow (1906-1993) was an artist, architect, former Navy commander, and Quaker. He served as captain of Golden Rule, a thirty foot ketch which he and colleagues attempted to sail into the Eniwetok Proving Grounds, the U.S. nuclear test site in the Marshall Islands of the Pacific in February 1958. The action was sponsored by the Committee for Non-Violent Action Against Nuclear Weapons.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Extent:: 1.5 linear feet ((5 boxes))
Abstract:: Darrell Keith Griffith (1959-2012) was an AIDS activist and founder of the website CruisingForSex.com. The collection is divided into two series: Personal materials and AIDS activism. The personal materials date from 1983 to 2012, the year of Griffith's death. The series on AIDS activism covers Griffith's years of involvement in the social justice movement, 1985-1992.

Held at: John J. Wilcox, Jr. LGBT Archives, William Way LGBT Community Center [Contact Us]

Extent:: 0.005 linear ft. (1 folder)
Abstract:: This collection contains a single letter written by Francis Walton in 1960.

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

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