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Igal Roodenko

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Igal Roodenko (&ndash) was an American civil rights activist, and pacifist. [1]

41 relations: Bayard Rustin, Certiorari, Chain gang, Civil and political rights, Civilian Public Service, Committee for Nonviolent Revolution, Conscientious objector, Cornell University, David Dellinger, Federal Correctional Institution, Sandstone, George Houser, Jews, Journey of Reconciliation, Law, Lower East Side, Lower Manhattan Hospital, Manhattan, Montezuma County, Colorado, Mott Street, Mulberry Street (Manhattan), New York City, North Carolina, Pacifism, Poland, Racial segregation, Ralph DiGia, Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, South Africa, Southern United States, Soviet dissidents, Supreme Court of the United States, Tenement, The Crisis, The New York Times, Times Square, Townsend Harris High School, United States, United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, War Resisters League, War Resisters League Peace Award, World War II.

Bayard Rustin

Bayard Rustin (March 17, 1912 – August 24, 1987) was an American leader in social movements for civil rights, socialism, nonviolence, and gay rights.

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Certiorari

Certiorari, often abbreviated cert. in the United States, is a process for seeking judicial review and a writ issued by a court that agrees to review.

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Chain gang

A chain gang is a group of prisoners chained together to perform menial or physically challenging work as a form of punishment.

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Civil and political rights

Civil and political rights are a class of rights that protect individuals' freedom from infringement by governments, social organizations, and private individuals.

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Civilian Public Service

The Civilian Public Service (CPS) was a program of the United States government that provided conscientious objectors with an alternative to military service during World War II.

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Committee for Nonviolent Revolution

The Committee for Nonviolent Revolution (CNVR) was a pacifist organization founded in Chicago at a conference held on February 6 to 9, 1946.

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Conscientious objector

A conscientious objector is an "individual who has claimed the right to refuse to perform military service" on the grounds of freedom of thought, conscience, or religion.

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Cornell University

Cornell University is a private and statutory Ivy League research university located in Ithaca, New York.

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David Dellinger

David T. Dellinger (August 22, 1915 – May 25, 2004) was an influential American radical pacifist and an activist for nonviolent social change.

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Federal Correctional Institution, Sandstone

The Federal Correctional Institution, Sandstone (FCI Sandstone) is a low-security United States federal prison for male offenders in Sandstone, Minnesota.

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George Houser

George Mills Houser (June 2, 1916 – August 19, 2015) was an American Methodist minister, civil rights activist, and activist for the independence of African nations.

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Jews

Jews (יְהוּדִים ISO 259-3, Israeli pronunciation) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and a nation, originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The people of the Kingdom of Israel and the ethnic and religious group known as the Jewish people that descended from them have been subjected to a number of forced migrations in their history" and Hebrews of the Ancient Near East.

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Journey of Reconciliation

The Journey of Reconciliation was a form of nonviolent direct action to challenge state segregation laws on interstate buses in the Southern United States.

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Law

Law is a system of rules that are created and enforced through social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior.

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Lower East Side

The Lower East Side, sometimes abbreviated as LES, is a neighborhood in the southeastern part of the New York City borough of Manhattan, roughly located between the Bowery and the East River, and Canal Street and Houston Street.

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Lower Manhattan Hospital

New York-Presbyterian / Lower Manhattan Hospital is a not-for-profit, acute care, teaching hospital in New York City and is one of the few hospitals in Lower Manhattan south of Greenwich Village.

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Manhattan

Manhattan is the most densely populated borough of New York City, its economic and administrative center, and its historical birthplace.

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Montezuma County, Colorado

Montezuma County is the southwesternmost of the 64 counties in the U.S. state of Colorado.

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Mott Street

Mott Street is a narrow but busy thoroughfare that runs in a north–south direction in the New York City borough of Manhattan.

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Mulberry Street (Manhattan)

Mulberry Street is a principal thoroughfare in Manhattan in New York City.

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New York City

The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.

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North Carolina

North Carolina is a U.S. state in the southeastern region of the United States.

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Pacifism

Pacifism is opposition to war, militarism, or violence.

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Poland

Poland (Polska), officially the Republic of Poland (Rzeczpospolita Polska), is a country located in Central Europe.

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Racial segregation

Racial segregation is the separation of people into racial or other ethnic groups in daily life.

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Ralph DiGia

Ralph DiGia (December 13, 1914 – February 1, 2008) was a World War II conscientious objector, lifelong pacifist and social justice activist, and staffer for 52 years at the War Resisters League.

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Selective Training and Service Act of 1940

The Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, also known as the Burke-Wadsworth Act,, was the first peacetime conscription in United States history.

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South Africa

South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa.

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Southern United States

The Southern United States, also known as the American South, Dixie, Dixieland, or simply the South, is a region of the United States of America.

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Soviet dissidents

Soviet dissidents were people who disagreed with certain features in the embodiment of Soviet ideology and who were willing to speak out against them.

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Supreme Court of the United States

The Supreme Court of the United States (sometimes colloquially referred to by the acronym SCOTUS) is the highest federal court of the United States.

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Tenement

A tenement is a multi-occupancy building of any sort.

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The Crisis

The Crisis is the official magazine of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).

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The New York Times

The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.

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Times Square

Times Square is a major commercial intersection, tourist destination, entertainment center and neighborhood in the Midtown Manhattan section of New York City at the junction of Broadway and Seventh Avenue.

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Townsend Harris High School

Townsend Harris High School is a public magnet high school for the humanities in the borough of Queens in New York City.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

The United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit (in case citations, 10th Cir.) is a federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts in the following districts.

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War Resisters League

The War Resisters League (WRL) is the oldest secular pacifist organization in the United States.

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War Resisters League Peace Award

Since 1958, the "War Resisters League", the pacifist group founded in 1923, has awarded almost annually its War Resisters League Peace Award to a person or organization whose work represents the League's radical nonviolent program of Gandhian action.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igal_Roodenko

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