Allard K. Lowenstein
Allard K. Lowenstein · Civil Rights & Human Rights
Organized recruitment for the 1963 Mississippi Freedom Vote and helped bring white student volunteers into the Freedom Summer voter drive.
1929, Newark, New Jersey, USA — 1980, New York City, USA
New York; Mississippi
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.
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
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Organized recruitment for the 1963 Mississippi Freedom Vote and helped bring white student volunteers into the Freedom Summer voter drive.
Source: Wikipedia (Allard K. Lowenstein); Jewish Currents
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