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- Title
"Admit Guilt--And Tell the Truth": The Louisville Fellowship of Reconciliation's Struggle with Pacifism and Racial Justice, 1941-1945.
- Authors
LEE, RHONDA MAWHOOD
- Abstract
The article explores the efforts of the pacifist organization the Louisville Fellowship of Reconciliation to promote nonviolent efforts against racial segregation during World War II. The influence of the national division of the organization on branches, the risks connected with acting against segregation policies in the Southern U.S., and the connections between racial justice and pacifism are examined. A brief history of the international work of Fellowships of Reconciliation (FoRs) is presented and the nature of pacifist activism in Louisville, Kentucky is explored, with particular focus given to race relations in the city.
- Subjects
KENTUCKY; LOUISVILLE (Ky.); INTERNATIONAL Fellowship of Reconciliation; PACIFISM; NONVIOLENCE; RACE relations -- Social aspects; SEGREGATION; ETHICS; SOCIETIES; SOCIAL history
- Publication
Journal of Southern History, 2010, Vol 76, Issue 2, p315
- ISSN
0022-4642
- Publication type
Article