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      UIS Archives/Special Collections
    
    Benedict, Donald b. 1917: Interview and memoir
    
      Benedict, Donald
    
    
      Bradley, C. Arthur
    
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    Scope and Contents
WWII CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS PROJECT 
Donald Benedict, socialist and pacifist, husband of Ann Benedict, discusses his studies at Albion College and Union Seminary; socialism and pacifism; living in Harlem, New York in the 1940's; experiences with racism and coal mine unions in the south; his arrest for refusing to register for the WWII draft; and events which eventually convinced him to enlist in 1945. Also discusses his efforts to promote racial equality; combating police brutality and violence encountered during protests; the 1943 race riots in Detroit; establishment of East Harlem Protestant Parish Group Ministry and West Side Parish in Cleveland, Ohio; service as executive director of the Community Renewal Society of Chicago; and as a clergy member of the United Church of Christ. 4 tapes, 360 min., 145 pp.
Interview by C. Arthur Bradley, 1988 
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Interview and Memoir in Illinois Digital Archiveshttp://www.idaillinois.org/u?/uis,999