Oral history interview with Chester Kingsbury and Reverend Robert Shaw about the peace movement during World War II, their attempts to undermine racism after World War II, and religious organizing for peace. The interview was conducted by Lorraine McConaghy for the Life on the Homefront Oral History Project on April 18, 1985.

For Shaw and Kingsbury, the fight against the war began in 1925 when Frederick Libby, head of the National Council for the Prevention of War, came to speak in Tacoma. They came to the peace movement due to their religious convictions. Both anticipated an event like the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, and both responded to Pearl Harbor by trying to undermine the racism of the American response. They discuss wartime issues such as religious organizing for peace, controversy over military chaplains, pulpit advocacy of military service, conscientious objectors, union activity, and consumer cooperatives.

Copyright agreement: Yes
Digitized: Yes, from analog cassette to .wav files and to CD (.cda files)
Re-digitized from analog cassette to .wav in 2025.
Transcript: Yes, scanned from original analog to .pdf (final); original hard copy of rough draft and final transcript in admin file.
Additional reference materials in admin file.