Goodman, Mitchell, 1923-1997
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1923 - 1997
Biography
Mitchell Goodman, writer, professor, and activist. Goodman participated in the antiwar movement in the 1960s and organized a veterans' protest march in New York. Goodman and four others were indicted on charges of criminal conspiracy to aid draft evaders, and he was convicted in June, 1968. A year later, his conviction was overturned on appeal.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
John E. Wall legal papers pertaining to the trial of the Boston Five
Collection
Identifier: MS-2008-010
Abstract
The collection consists of attorney John E. Wall's notes and background materials used for the prosecution in the case of United States of America v. William Sloane Coffin, Jr., Michael Ferber, Mitchell Goodman, Marcus Raskin, and Benjamin Spock. This group was informally known as the "Boston Five", and encouraged draft resistance during the Vietnam War. It includes notes, typescript documents, photographs, newspaper clippings, magazine articles,...
Restrictions on Access
Collection is open for research. A small number of folders are closed due to privacy restrictions.
Dates:
1943-1972; Majority of material found within 1967-1968