Garry Davis
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Garry Davis (Bar Harbor, Maine, July 27, 1921) is a peace activist who created the first "World Passport." A former World War II bomber pilot and Broadway actor, he renounced his American citizenship in Paris in 1948 to become a "citizen of the world." Davis founded the World Service Authority, which now issues the passports - along with birth and other certificates - to applicants. Davis first used his "world passport" on a trip to India in 1956, and has been variably admitted into or jailed by countries around the world after using his world passport. Up to 150 countries have purportedly accepted the world passport at one time or another. In France, his support committee was co-founded by writers Albert Camus and André Gide and the Abbé Pierre.
Davis ran for mayor in Washington D.C. in 1986 as the candidate of the "World Citizen Party" receiving 585 votes. He also declared himself as the World Citizen Party candidate for the 1988 US presidential election. Davis has published multiple books in favor of his cause of world citizenship.
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- "What's a World Passport?" Daniel Engber, Slate Magazine. http://www.slate.com/id/2138567/?nav=tap3 Accessed March 25, 2006.
- Garry Davis's personal web site. http://www.garrydavis.org/index.html Accessed March 25, 2006.
- Davis v. District Director, INS, 481 F. Supp. 1178 (D.D.C. 1979) http://members.fortunecity.com/legalstuff/481FSupp1178.htm Accessed Nov. 4, 2006.
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