Vietnam interview : William Sloane Coffin.
After serving in the CIA and the military, the Rev. William Sloane Coffin later became an activist in the Civil Rights, anti-Vietnam War and Nuclear Disarmament movements. Here he discusses his personal evolution and the beginnings of the anti-war movement at university teach-ins. He was a founder o...
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| Format: | Video |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | This edition in English. |
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Boston, MA :
WGBH Boston Video,
1982.
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| Series: | American history in video
Vietnam: A Television History |
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| Online Access: | Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press) |
| Summary: | After serving in the CIA and the military, the Rev. William Sloane Coffin later became an activist in the Civil Rights, anti-Vietnam War and Nuclear Disarmament movements. Here he discusses his personal evolution and the beginnings of the anti-war movement at university teach-ins. He was a founder of Clergy and Laity Concerned About Vietnam and recalls efforts to bring Martin Luther King, Jr., into the peace movement. Coffin describes his civil disobedience with other clergy, for which they were convicted of aiding and abetting draft resisters. He recounts an event where students turned over their draft cards, some burning them. Finally, he comments on the fracturing of the peace movement in the latter days of the war and his views on American imperialism. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (video file (43 min.)) : sound, color. |
| Playing Time: | 00:43:29 |