Kepler, Roy C.

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Radical pacifist; conscientious objector during World War II, during which he was active in political organizing in Civilian Public Service camps; owned paperback bookstore in Berkeley, CA; worked with draft resisters during the Vietnamese Conflict; a founder of the Pacifica Foundation and public radio in Berkeley, CA; active with the War Resisters League, particularly West Coast branches; also with the Peacemakers, the Committee for Nonviolent Action, the Institute for the Study of Nonviolence, the Third Camp, and other groups advocating nonviolent social change.

From the description of Papers, 1940-1985. (Swarthmore College, Peace Collection). WorldCat record id: 34035912

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referencedIn Oswald Garrison Villard papers Houghton Library
creatorOf War Resisters League. Records, 1923- Swarthmore College, Peace Collection, SCPC
creatorOf Kepler, Roy C. Papers, 1940-1985. Swarthmore College, Peace Collection, SCPC
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associatedWith Civilian Public Service. corporateBody
associatedWith Committee for Nonviolent Action. corporateBody
associatedWith Institute for the Study of Nonviolence. corporateBody
associatedWith Pacifica Foundation. corporateBody
associatedWith Peacemaker Movement. corporateBody
associatedWith Swarthmore College. Peace Collection. corporateBody
associatedWith Third Camp (Organization) corporateBody
correspondedWith Villard, Oswald Garrison, 1872-1949 person
associatedWith War Resisters League. corporateBody
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United States
California--Berkeley
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Conscientious objectors
Government, Resistance to
Nonviolence
Pacifists
Public radio
Radicalism
Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Vietnam War, 1961-1975
World War, 1939-1945
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