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Allard K. Lowenstein

Who

Allard K. Lowenstein · Civil Rights & Human Rights

What

Organized recruitment for the 1963 Mississippi Freedom Vote and helped bring white student volunteers into the Freedom Summer voter drive.

When

1929, Newark, New Jersey, USA — 1980, New York City, USA

Where

New York; Mississippi

Biography

Allard K. Lowenstein is recognized among Jewish contributors to Civil Rights & Human Rights — Organized recruitment for the 1963 Mississippi Freedom Vote and helped bring white student volunteers into the Freedom Summer voter drive.

How & why

Allard K. Lowenstein was a Jewish American activist and later congressman who helped organize the 1963 Mississippi 'Freedom Vote' and recruited white student volunteers into the Freedom Summer voter drive. A tireless organizer of liberal and anti-war causes, he was assassinated in 1980. His civil rights work helped bring national attention to disenfranchisement in the South.

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Source: Wikipedia (Allard K. Lowenstein); Jewish Currents

Contributions & Sources

Organized recruitment for the 1963 Mississippi Freedom Vote and helped bring white student volunteers into the Freedom Summer voter drive.

1929

Source: Wikipedia (Allard K. Lowenstein); Jewish Currents