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Norman Thomas (1884-1968), an ordained
minister and pacifist, was one of the founders, with
Scott Nearing, A.J. Muste, and Oswald Garrison Villard of
the Fellowship of Reconciliation. A few years later, in
1917, he helped found the National Civil Liberties
Bureau, later to be named the American Civil Liberties
Union. After Eugene Debs died, Thomas became the
Socialist Party's presidential candidate in 1928, 1932,
and 1936. He wrote several books and was a frequent
contributor to The
Unemployed.
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