David Harris (war opponent)
David Harris (* 1946 in Fresno , California ) is an American journalist and author. He is best known for his protest against the US Vietnam War in the 1960s and 1970s, especially against conscription in the US during the Vietnam War.
Life
Harris graduated from Fresno School in 1963 with honors; he then enrolled at Stanford University . In 1966 he was president of the student union there for one academic year . At the same time, Harris became active in the civil rights movement. In 1967 he founded the "Resistance" , an anti-conscription movement that urged young men not to cooperate with the Selective Service System , an agency that collects information on all potential soldiers who can be called upon in a case of defense. Harris himself was arrested in 1969 after he refused to provide information about his data and sentenced to 15 months imprisonment in a federal prison for draft evasion (German about "refusal of conscription"). He was paroled in October 1970.
In 1975 David Harris was an unsuccessful Democratic candidate for a seat in the United States House of Representatives in an electoral district that included a. the Silicon Valley included.
From 1968 to 1973 Harris was married to the singer and peace activist Joan Baez , with whom he has a son (Gabriel, * 1969 ). At the beginning of her performance on the first day of the Woodstock Festival in 1969, Baez addressed the imprisonment of "David". In his second marriage from 1975 to 1993 Harris was married to Lacey Fosburgh, a journalist for the New York Times , with whom he has a daughter (Sophie).
Web links
- Official Site of David Harris (English)
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| SURNAME | Harris, David |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American journalist and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1946 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Fresno , California, USA |