The National
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on the Challenge of Building
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was an American
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formed in the late 1960s in response to the
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. The
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made the
master list of Nixon political opponents
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. The first meeting, sponsored by the Fund for
Education
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in World Order, was held on March 5, 1969 in
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. They held their second meeting in 1970 in New York City, and had annual meetings beginning in 1986.
Convocations
* 1st:
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Hotel, New York City, New York, March 1969
* 2nd: New York Hilton Hotel, New York City, New York, April 29–30, 1970
* 3rd:
Hotel Americana
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, New York City, New York, October 1971
References
MINNESOTA POLITICS OF THE LEFT Papers, 1968-1974 018 the Second National Convocation on the Challenge of Building Peace, Minnesota BiPartisan Caucus to Stop the War, and Minnesotans for Amnesty.
Electronic Guide to the Administrative Records of the Division of World Peace of the General Board of Church and Society1444-4-2:25: National Convocation on The Challenge of Building Peace, 1968–1969
*Contemporary Practice of the United States Relating to International Law, ''American Journal of International Law'', Vol. 64, No. 4 (Oct., 1970), pp. 928–947
National Convocation on the Challenge of Building Peace, New York, 1969. First..., condensed transcript. (N.Y.?); Fund for Education in World Order, (1969?). 63 pp.
External links
Recording of the Luncheon Session at the 1st Convocationa
The WNYC ArchivesRecording of the 1st session at the 1st Convocation, "Is America Becoming a Militaristic Society?
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The WNYC Archives
Peace organizations based in the United States
Anti–Vietnam War groups
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