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Committee for Nonviolent Action

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Committee for Nonviolent Action

URI(s)
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n90678124
Instance Of
Scheme Membership(s)
- Library of Congress Name Authority File
Collection Membership(s)
- Names Collection - Authorized Headings
- LC Names Collection - General Collection
Variants
- CNVA
Related Terms
- War Resisters League
Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
- http://viaf.org/viaf/sourceID/LC%7Cn+90678124#skos:Concept
Earlier Established Forms
- Non-Violent Action Against Nuclear Weapons (Organization)
Sources
- found: NUCMC data from Swarthmore College Peace Collection for Its Records, 1957-1973 (Committee for Nonviolent Action; CNVA; loosely organized group of radical pacifists interested in the philosophy and use of nonviolent direct action including civil disobedience; formed in 1957 as a ad hoc committee called Non-Violent Action Against Nuclear Weapons; 1959 a more permanent committee was formed and name chgd. to Committee for Nonviolent Action; Jan. 1968 merged with War Resisters League)
- found: LC data base 8-4-90 (hdg.: Committee for Nonviolent Action)
Change Notes
- 1990-08-04: new
- 1990-08-06: revised

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