Roodenko, Igal.

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Pacifist, peace and civil rights activist, advocate of nonviolence, printer; born 1917 in New York, N.Y.; graduated from Cornell University; served 20 months in a federal prison for draft refusal during and after World War II; member of War Resisters League Executive Committee from 1947 to 1977; WRL Chair from 1968 to 1972; served on boards of A.J. Muste Memorial Institute and Consortium on Peace Research and Development (COPRED); active in Men of All Colors Together; died in New York on April 28, 1991.

From the description of Papers, 1935-1991. (Swarthmore College, Peace Collection). WorldCat record id: 31954585

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associatedWith Hutchison, Glenn, person
associatedWith Lang, Vivien, person
associatedWith Price, Paton, person
associatedWith Reeves, George, person
associatedWith Swarthmore College. Peace Collection. corporateBody
associatedWith Thomas, Evan, person
associatedWith War Resisters League. corporateBody
associatedWith Whitehead, Carle, person
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United States
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Amnesty
Conscientious objectors
Government, Resistance to
Pacifists
Printers
World War, 1939-1945
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Active 1935

Active 1991

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