Box 1
Container
Contains 18 Results:
GI Civil Liberties Defense Committee Fact Sheet: The Case of Pvt. Larry Darby (Fort Benning case), circa 1969 January
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Collection consists of the records of the Fort Jackson 8, members of the organization GIs United Against the War in Vietnam who were put in military prison for their antiwar activism, dating circa 1969 January-May. Contents include coverage of the legal case in defense of their constitution rights to oppose the war (including petitioning and public gathering) and support from other activists and activist organizations (including the GI Civil Liberties Defense Committee based in New York...
Dates:
circa 1969 January
GI's United Against the War in Vietnam press release, "Ft. Jackson GI's Petition for Assembly Rights, Protest Court Martials of Six Antiwar GI's on Trumped-Up Charges", 1969 February 12
File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Collection consists of the records of the Fort Jackson 8, members of the organization GIs United Against the War in Vietnam who were put in military prison for their antiwar activism, dating circa 1969 January-May. Contents include coverage of the legal case in defense of their constitution rights to oppose the war (including petitioning and public gathering) and support from other activists and activist organizations (including the GI Civil Liberties Defense Committee based in New York...
Dates:
1969 February 12
Support newsletter (Columbia Draft Information Center, Columbia, S.C.), 1969 February
File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Collection consists of the records of the Fort Jackson 8, members of the organization GIs United Against the War in Vietnam who were put in military prison for their antiwar activism, dating circa 1969 January-May. Contents include coverage of the legal case in defense of their constitution rights to oppose the war (including petitioning and public gathering) and support from other activists and activist organizations (including the GI Civil Liberties Defense Committee based in New York...
Dates:
1969 February
GI Civil Liberties Defense Committee Statement of Aims, Partial List of Sponsors, press release, mailing, and newsletter, 1969 February-May and undated
File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Collection consists of the records of the Fort Jackson 8, members of the organization GIs United Against the War in Vietnam who were put in military prison for their antiwar activism, dating circa 1969 January-May. Contents include coverage of the legal case in defense of their constitution rights to oppose the war (including petitioning and public gathering) and support from other activists and activist organizations (including the GI Civil Liberties Defense Committee based in New York...
Dates:
1969 February-May and undated
Packet from the Student Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam, 1969 March 1
File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents
Includes press releases from the GI's United Against the War in Vietnam and GI Civil Liberties Defense Committee.
Dates:
1969 March 1
Handwritten letter from Joe [Cole] to Nelson [Blackstock] (1 p.), circa 1969 March 22-April 1
File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Collection consists of the records of the Fort Jackson 8, members of the organization GIs United Against the War in Vietnam who were put in military prison for their antiwar activism, dating circa 1969 January-May. Contents include coverage of the legal case in defense of their constitution rights to oppose the war (including petitioning and public gathering) and support from other activists and activist organizations (including the GI Civil Liberties Defense Committee based in New York...
Dates:
circa 1969 March 22-April 1
Copy of typed letter from the Southwide Mobilization Against the War in Vietnam and for Self-Determination to the Commanding General of Fort Jackson, 1969 March 28
File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents
Includes typed signatories: Steve Abbot, President, Emory University Student Government; Mrs. Eleanor Bochman, Atlantas for Peace; Julian Bond, Georgia House of Representatives; Nancy Collinson, American Friends Service Committee; Noyes Collinson, Quaker House; John Lewis, Southern Regional Council; Sharon Naiman, GI-Student Antiwar Action Committee; Phil Weldon, Southwide Mobilization Against the War in Vietnam and for Self Determination; and Rev. Andrew Young, Southern Christian Leadership...
Dates:
1969 March 28
The Short Times, Published for GI's by GI's (No. 3), 1969 March
File — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents
Includes editorial titled "The Story of GI's United" regarding the Fort Jackson case.
Dates:
1969 March
Packet reprinting the "Complaint for declaratory judgment, injunctive and mandatory relief", circa 1969 April 1
File — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents
The complaint was filed by servicemen Stephen Dash, Mance Sewell, Alvin M. Webb, Edilberto Chaparro, Joseph F. Cole, Andrew C. Pully, Hubert L. Gilliard, Eugene J. Rudder, Curtis E. Mays, and Joseph Mills, against the Commanding General of Fort Jackson, James Hollingsworth, and the Secretary of the Army, Washington, D.C.
Dates:
circa 1969 April 1
Handwritten letter from Joe Cole to Ruth and Nelson [Blackstock] (4 p.), 1969 April 3
File — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Collection consists of the records of the Fort Jackson 8, members of the organization GIs United Against the War in Vietnam who were put in military prison for their antiwar activism, dating circa 1969 January-May. Contents include coverage of the legal case in defense of their constitution rights to oppose the war (including petitioning and public gathering) and support from other activists and activist organizations (including the GI Civil Liberties Defense Committee based in New York...
Dates:
1969 April 3
Leaflet from the Student Mobilization Committee including reprinted New York Times article citing the Fort Jackson 8, circa 1969 April 7
File — Box: 1, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Collection consists of the records of the Fort Jackson 8, members of the organization GIs United Against the War in Vietnam who were put in military prison for their antiwar activism, dating circa 1969 January-May. Contents include coverage of the legal case in defense of their constitution rights to oppose the war (including petitioning and public gathering) and support from other activists and activist organizations (including the GI Civil Liberties Defense Committee based in New York...
Dates:
circa 1969 April 7
Handwritten letter from José [Rudder] to Ruth and Nelson Blackstock (1 p.), 1969 April 10
File — Box: 1, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Collection consists of the records of the Fort Jackson 8, members of the organization GIs United Against the War in Vietnam who were put in military prison for their antiwar activism, dating circa 1969 January-May. Contents include coverage of the legal case in defense of their constitution rights to oppose the war (including petitioning and public gathering) and support from other activists and activist organizations (including the GI Civil Liberties Defense Committee based in New York...
Dates:
1969 April 10
Handwritten letter from "Cliff" to Joe [Cole] expressing support for the case (1 p.), 1969 April 20
File — Box: 1, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents
Back of letter includes doodled human portraits.
Dates:
1969 April 20
"Support the Fort Jackson 8!" packet including chronology of events and action items, circa 1969 April 26-30
File — Box: 1, Folder: 14
Scope and Contents
The Chronology of Events Surrounding the Fort Jackson Eight was prepared by the Serviceman's Link to Peace (Washington, D.C.).
Dates:
circa 1969 April 26-30
Handwritten letters (2) from Attorney Michael Steven Smith to Nelson [Blackstock], circa 1969 April
File — Box: 1, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Collection consists of the records of the Fort Jackson 8, members of the organization GIs United Against the War in Vietnam who were put in military prison for their antiwar activism, dating circa 1969 January-May. Contents include coverage of the legal case in defense of their constitution rights to oppose the war (including petitioning and public gathering) and support from other activists and activist organizations (including the GI Civil Liberties Defense Committee based in New York...
Dates:
circa 1969 April
Newspaper clippings and reproduced articles about the case, 1969 April-May
File — Box: 1, Folder: 16
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Collection consists of the records of the Fort Jackson 8, members of the organization GIs United Against the War in Vietnam who were put in military prison for their antiwar activism, dating circa 1969 January-May. Contents include coverage of the legal case in defense of their constitution rights to oppose the war (including petitioning and public gathering) and support from other activists and activist organizations (including the GI Civil Liberties Defense Committee based in New York...
Dates:
1969 April-May
Leaflet announcing an appearance by José Rudder and Joe Cole of the Fort Jackson 8 after their release, circa 1969 May 21-29
File — Box: 1, Folder: 17
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Collection consists of the records of the Fort Jackson 8, members of the organization GIs United Against the War in Vietnam who were put in military prison for their antiwar activism, dating circa 1969 January-May. Contents include coverage of the legal case in defense of their constitution rights to oppose the war (including petitioning and public gathering) and support from other activists and activist organizations (including the GI Civil Liberties Defense Committee based in New York...
Dates:
circa 1969 May 21-29
GI's United Against the War in Vietnam "Fellow GI's" address, undated
File — Box: 1, Folder: 18
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Collection consists of the records of the Fort Jackson 8, members of the organization GIs United Against the War in Vietnam who were put in military prison for their antiwar activism, dating circa 1969 January-May. Contents include coverage of the legal case in defense of their constitution rights to oppose the war (including petitioning and public gathering) and support from other activists and activist organizations (including the GI Civil Liberties Defense Committee based in New York...
Dates:
undated