Wally Nelson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Age, Net Worth, Biography

Wallace Floyd Nelson (27 March 1909 – 23 May 2002) was an American civil rights activist and war tax resister.
He spent three and a half years in prison as a conscientious objector during World War II, was on the first of the "freedom rides" (then called the "Journey of Reconciliation") enforcing desegregation in 1947, and was the first national field organizer for the Congress of Racial Equality. In 1948, he began his lifelong relationship with Juanita, and together, they began engaging in war tax resistance.
They spent a few months at the Koinonia Farm in 1957 and continued to work with that project for the next decade.
Over time, the Nelsons came to adopt the income-reduction method of war tax refusal.
They cut their expenses dramatically — building a house with salvaged materials and without electricity or plumbing, and growing the majority of their own food on a half-acre of land.
Eventually they came to live on less than $5,000 per year.
For their role as civil rights activists, they received the Courage of Conscience Award from The Peace Abbey in Sherborn, Massachusetts.
Wally & Juanita were also founding members of the Valley Community Land Trust in western Massachusetts.
A no-interest loan fund is now held by the trust in Wally's memory.
Wally Nelson died at the age of 93 after more than a half-century of war tax resistance and activism.

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