Press Photograph of a 1941 American Peace Mobilization Demonstration Against Joining the War.
New York City: International News Photos, April 7, 1941. Photograph measuring 11 x 7 inches. With caption, manuscript, and International News Photos, date, and keyword stamps verso. Some wrinkling; excellent. Item #List38143 The American Peace Mobilization (APM) was created in 1940 at a Chicago meeting of the Committee to Defend America by Keeping Out of War. Its founding members included Theodore Dreiser, Vito Marcantonio, and Langston Hughes.[1] The group is best known for its 1,029-hour peace vigil in front of the White House, which ran from May 9 to June 21, 1941. This photograph shows picketers at the White House in early April, and states that it is a one-day protest by the group’s New York chapter. Opposition to the war prior to Pearl Harbor was bipartisan, with public opinion and both leftist and rightist groups opposing US intervention, albeit for wildly different reasons. However, when Germany invaded the Soviet Union, the APM quickly switched gears, becoming the anti-fascist “American People’s Mobilization.” The organization lasted only a few more months, dissolving by October 1941. [1] The American People's Mobilization Collected Records (CDG-A), Swarthmore College Peace Collection, accessed June 23, 2026, https://archives.tricolib.brynmawr.edu/repositories/8/resources/7176.
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