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Protest and social movements

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Name Authority File

Found in 85 Collections and/or Records:

''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
Abstract

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
Abstract

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
Abstract

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
Abstract

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

Miscellaneous Notes, 1973-1974

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Identifier: B093.01.0003.0023
Abstract

Various materials and miscellaneous notes regarding Soviet Jewry.

Dates: 1973-1974

Movement for Liberation of Soviet Jews and Other Oppressed Jewry, 1968-1978

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Identifier: B093.01.0002.0024
Abstract

Miscellaneous public materials related to the Movement for Liberation of Soviet Jews and Other Oppressed Jewry.

Dates: 1968-1978

National Catholic Conference for Interracial Justice, 1968-1978

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Identifier: B093.01.0002.0025
Abstract

Various materials related to the National Catholic Conference for Interracial Justice.

Dates: 1968-1978

National Committee for Soviet Jewry Newsletter - Vol. 1, No. 1, 1968-1978

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Identifier: B093.01.0002.0026
Abstract

Copy of the National Committee for Soviet Jewry Newsletter, Vol. 1, No. 1

Dates: 1968-1978