Interview with William Sloane Coffin, 1982

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Title:
Interview with William Sloane Coffin, 1982
Description:
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.
Creator:
Ellison, Richard
Interviewee:
Coffin, William Sloane
Date:
August 30, 1982
Format:
Film/Video
Location:
WGBH
Collection (local):
WGBH Open Vault
Series:
Vietnam: A Television History
Subjects:
Vietnam--Politics and government
United States--Foreign relations--1945-1989
Youth and war
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--United States
Vietnamese reunification question (1954-1976)
United States--History--20th century
United States--Foreign relations--Asia
Civil rights movements--United States
United States--History--1961-1969
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Protest movements--United States
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Protest movements
Cold War
Draft
Religion and politics
Clergy
Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Imperialism
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Public opinion
War and society
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Personal narratives, American
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
Extent:
00:43:26:09
Link to Item:
http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_62BAF2F6C7DA40698BAB5F18F72053F7
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Publisher:
WGBH Educational Foundation
Identifier:
V_62BAF2F6C7DA40698BAB5F18F72053F7