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Protest and social movements

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Name Authority File

Found in 95 Collections and/or Records:

Committee - General, 1968-1978

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Identifier: B093.01.0005.0029
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Materials from the Colorado Committee of Concern for Soviet Jewry.

Dates: 1968-1978

COPE, 1989-1991

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Identifier: M517.07.0003.0012
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Materials pertaining to COPE (Coalition for Peace) at University of Denver, primarily phone lists and sign-up sheet, but also including a letter submitted to the Atlantic denouncing Richard Herrnstein, an article (publication unclear) describing the rallies held against Herrnstein and Charles Murray's "racist" public-policy course at DU, and a flyer advertising the rallies protesting the course.

Dates: 1989-1991

Correspondence - undated, 1968-1978

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Identifier: B093.01.0005.0028
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Correspondence of the Committee of Concern for Soviet Jewry.

Dates: 1968-1978

Critical Messages from Parents, 1970

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Identifier: M028.07.0015.0011.00001
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A stapled sheaf of papers, including typewritten and handwritten letters and telegrams, of negative messages to Chancellor Mitchell regarding his response to the Woodstock West protests, primarily reacting negatively to the decision to bring in the National Guard.

Dates: 1970

''Fast for Freedom'', 1970

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Identifier: B093.01.0002.0012
Abstract Materials related to the "Fast for Freedom." The first protest of the Colorado Committee of Concern for Soviet Jewry was in 1970 when 33 members of the Colorado group carried out a three-day fast on the steps of the state capitol to commemorate the Night of the Murdered Poets. The Colorado Committee was the first to commemorate this event and continued the protest annually. The Night of the Murdered Poets was the execution of thirteen Soviet Jews in the Lubyanka Prison in Moscow, Russian...
Dates: 1970

''Fast for Freedom'' Correspondence, 1970

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Identifier: B093.01.0002.0014
Abstract Correspondence related to "Fast for Freedom" which occurred in Denver, Colorado. The first protest of the Colorado Committee of Concern for Soviet Jewry was in 1970 when 33 members of the Colorado group carried out a three-day fast on the steps of the state capitol to commemorate the Night of the Murdered Poets. The Colorado Committee was the first to commemorate this event and continued the protest annually. The Night of the Murdered Poets was the execution of thirteen Soviet Jews in the...
Dates: 1970

General Correspondence, 1969-1973

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Identifier: B093.01.0005.0027
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General Correspondence of the Colorado Committee of Concern for Soviet Jewry.

Dates: 1969-1973

Intermountain Jewish News, 1968-1978

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Identifier: B093.01.0003.0004
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Various materials related to the Intermountain Jewish News.

Dates: 1968-1978

Jews in the U.S.S.R, 1968-1978

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Identifier: B093.01.0001.0012
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Various materials related to newsletter "Jews in the U.S.S.R." published by the Board of Deputies of British Jews.

Dates: 1968-1978

Lists of People, 1968-1978

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Identifier: B093.01.0005.0004
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Information on particular groups or classes of prisoners and dissenters. The Union of Councils for Soviet Jews. The Union created massive lists of Refuseniks and political prisoners in the Soviet Union (Prisoners of Conscience)." The Union set up action committees in cities across the U.S. and began the "Adopt a Prisoner" program. The Colorado Committee was a member of the Union of Councils.

Dates: 1968-1978