David T Dellinger was an American pacifist and an activist for nonviolent social change.
16 Facts About David Dellinger
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David Dellinger achieved peak prominence as one of the Chicago Seven, who were put on trial in 1969.
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David Dellinger was the son of Maria Fiske and Raymond Pennington Dellinger; his father was an alumnus of Yale University, a lawyer, and a prominent Republican and friend of Calvin Coolidge.
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David Dellinger graduated from Yale University with a Bachelor of Arts in economics, began a doctorate for a year at New College, Oxford, and studied theology at Union Theological Seminary of Columbia University with the intention of becoming a Congregationalist minister.
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David Dellinger sat on the executive committee of the Socialist Party of America and the Young People's Socialist League, its youth section, until he left in 1943.
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In February 1946, David Dellinger helped to found the radical pacifist Committee for Nonviolent Revolution.
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David Dellinger was a long-time member of the War Resisters League, joining the staff in March 1955.
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David Dellinger had contacts and friendships with such diverse individuals as Eleanor Roosevelt, Ho Chi Minh, Martin Luther King Jr.
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In 1966 David Dellinger travelled to both North and South Vietnam to learn first-hand the impact of American bombing.
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David Dellinger later recalled that critics ignored his trip to Saigon and focused solely on his visit to Hanoi.
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On February 18,1970, they were acquitted of the conspiracy charge, but five defendants, including David Dellinger, were convicted of crossing state lines to incite a riot.
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David Dellinger spoke at the December 1971 John Sinclair Freedom Rally in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
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David Dellinger was a founder of Seven Days, an American alternative news magazine written from a leftist or anti-establishment perspective.
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David Dellinger obtained the subscription list of Ramparts magazine, which ceased publication in October 1975.
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In 2001, David Dellinger led a group of young activists from Montpelier, Vermont, to Quebec City to protest a conference that planned to create a free trade zone.
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David Dellinger died in Montpelier, Vermont, in 2004 after an extensive stay at Heaton Woods Nursing Home.