Chuck Fager | |
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 Chuck Fager in Fayetteville, North Carolina | |
| Born | Charles Eugene Fager 1942 (age 81–82) Birmingham, Kansas, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Colorado State University |
| Occupation(s) | Author, Editor, Publisher, Activist |
| Organization | Religious Society of Friends |
| Movement | Civil Rights Movement, Peace movement |
Charles Eugene Fager (born 1942), known as Chuck Fager, is an American activist, author, editor, publisher and an outspoken and prominent member of the Religious Society of Friends or Quakers. He is known for his work in both the Civil Rights Movement and in the Peace movement. His written works include religious and political essays, humor, adult fiction, and juvenile fiction, and he is best known for his 1974 book Selma 1965: The March That Changed the South, his in-depth history of the 1965 Selma Voting Rights Movement, which led to the passage of the Voting Rights Act.
Fager served as Director of Quaker House in Fayetteville, North Carolina, a peace project founded in 1969 near Fort Bragg, a major US Army base from 2002 to 2012.[1][2][3]
- ^ Director of Quaker House Archived 2005-12-17 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Woolverton, Paul (Oct 20, 2012). "Chuck Fager is turning over leadership of the Quaker House peace advocacy organization". Fayetteville Observer. Retrieved 4 November 2012.
- ^ Martha Quillin, "Peace activist to leave Quaker House"; Raleigh NC News & Observer, November 24, 2012, page 1B
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