Since 1958, the War Resisters League, the pacifist group founded in 1923, has awarded almost annually its War Resisters League Peace Award to a person or organization whose work represents the League's commitment to radical nonviolent action.
Laureates
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! Year
! Awardee
! Speaker at ceremony
! Notes
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| 1958
| Jeannette Rankin
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| 1959
| AJ Muste
| Martin Luther King Jr.
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| 1960
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| Fenner Brockway and Bayard Rustin
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| 1961
| Tracy Mygatt and Frances M. Witherspoon
| Murray Kempton and Bayard Rustin
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| 1962
| Jim Peck
| Douglas Campbell and Bayard Rustin
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| 1963
| Dorothy Day
| Evan Thomas and AJ Muste
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| 1964
| James Bevel and Diane Nash
| A. Philip Randolph
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| 1965
| Bayard Rustin
| Milton Mayer
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| 1966
| Norman Thomas
| Mulford Sibley
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| 1967
| Barbara Deming
| Ralph DiGia
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| 1968
| The Resistance
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| 1969
| Ammon Hennacy
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| Dinner was canceled
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| 1970
| People Resisting within the Military
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| 1971
| Majorie Swann
| Lanza del Vasto
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| 1972
| Ann Upshure
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| Recognition only; not an official award
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| 1973
| No dinner
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| 1974
| Daniel Berrigan
| Allen Ginsberg
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| 1975
| Dave Dellinger
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| 1976
| Julius Eichel
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| 1977
| Marion Bromley and Ernest Bromley
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| 1978
| David Berkingoff and Prafulla Mukerj
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| 1979
| Igal Roodenko
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| 1980
| Grace Paley
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| 1981
| Ralph DiGia
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| Recognition only; not an award
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| 1982
| Bent Andreson
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| 1983
| Virginia Eggleston, Thomas Grabell, and Ashley King
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| 1984
| Larry Gara
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| 1985
| Barbara Reynolds
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| 1986
| Plowshares Disarmament Community
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| 1987
| Dorie Bunting
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| 1988
| Don Luce, Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW), John McAuliff, David Truong, Bob Eaton, and Lady Borton
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| 1989
| Children of War
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| 1990
| Esther Pank and Riley Bostrom
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| 1991
| Gulf War Resisters
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| 1992
| War Tax Resisters, especially activists in Colrain, Massachusetts, An Act of Conscience
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| 1993
| WRL’s 70th Anniversary
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| 1994
| No dinner/award
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| 1995
| No dinner/award
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| 1996
| The Living Theatre
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| 1997
| Bob Moses
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| 1998
| Odetta, Charlie King, People's Voice Cafe, and Pete Seeger
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| 1999
| David McReynolds
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| 2000
| Committee for the Rescue and Development of Vieques, Puerto Rico
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| 2001
| Kate Donnelly and Clay Colt
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| 2002
| Christian Peacemaker Teams
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| 2003
| September Eleventh Families for Peaceful Tomorrows
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| 2004
| Fernando Suarez del Solar of Military Families Speak Out
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| 2005
| Karl Bissinger and Ralph DiGia
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| 2006
| Women Resisting War from within the Military: Diedra Cobb, Anita Cole, Kelly Dougherty and Katherine Jashinski
| Presented by Ann Wright
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| 2007
| Center for Constitutional Rights and Torture Abolition Survivors and Support Coalition International
Posthumous lifetime achievement award: Grace Paley
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| 2008
| Kali Akuno and Shana Griffin representing grassroots groups working to rebuild New Orleans
| A concert with Steve Earle, Allison Moorer, Stephanie McKay, Red Baraat Festival, and Jan Bell and the Cheap Dates
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| 2009
| Dennis Brutus, Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA), and Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe (GALZ)
Grace Paley Lifetime Achievement Award: Bill Sutherland, Pan-Africanist and WWII Conscientious Objector
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| 2010
| Kathy Kelly
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| 2011
| Afghan Youth Peace Volunteers
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| Award was declined. The group didn’t want to distract from the people in Afghanistan needing support and a voice.
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| 2012
| Asma Mohammed, Suez Port Worker and Labor Leader
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| 2013
| Joan Baez, Harry Belafonte, Daniel Ellsberg
Ralph DiGia Award: Joanne Sheehan, New England WRL
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| 2014
| No Peace Award
Ralph DiGia Award: Ruth Benn
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| 2015
| Mumia Abu-Jamal
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| 2016
| Jannat Al Ghezi
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| 2017
| Mariame Kaba
Grace Paley Lifetime Achievement Award: Rasmea Odeh
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| 2018
| Corrina Gould and The Peace Poets
Grace Paley Lifetime Achievement Award: Mandy Carter (activist)
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| 2019
| Highlander Research and Education Center
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References
External links
- https://web.archive.org/web/20070610210132/https://secure.serve.com/resist/wrl_peaceawards.htm