Wilmer Young

Released
Date of birth:1887
Date of death:September 1983
Age:96† Deceased
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1950s
State:Nebraska
Support
Anti-War Committee for Non-Violent Action
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Biography

Wilmer Young, a 71-year-old Quaker of Wallingford, Pennsylvania, was arrested for trespassing in July 1959 when he walked to the gate of the Mead, Nebraska intercontinental missile base in the 'Omaha Action' campaign of nonviolent protest against nuclear weapons.

Case

Charges: Trespassing — antinuclear protest at the Mead, Nebraska ICBM missile base
Sentence: Arrested for the antinuclear protest
Convicted: Arrested July 1959

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