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Things To Do  First Person > Juanita Nelson  Juanita Nelson -
1943-1946: Juanita meets Wally Nelson  "World War II, Civilian
Public Service camps and a commitment to nonviolence"  Partly
for financial reasons, Juanita left school after two years at
Howard University and returned home. Back in Cleveland, Ohio, in
the midst of World War II, Juanita was hired to write for a
weekly newspaper. “The best thing that ever happened to me being
a reporter,” she remembers, “that’s where I met Wally—how I met
Wally—who became my life partner. He was in prison, in jail at
the time, in the Cuyahoga County Jail because he was a
conscientious objector; that is, he would not go to war...”
Learn more about Juanita Nelson: View a timeline of her life and
listen to her full interview.
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