Herbert Lehman
Herbert Lehman · Civil Rights & Human Rights
New York governor and U.S. senator who served on the NAACP executive committee and backed federal civil rights measures.
1878, New York City, USA — 1963, New York City, USA
New York State; Washington, D.C.
Herbert Lehman is recognized among Jewish contributors to Civil Rights & Human Rights — New York governor and U.S. senator who served on the NAACP executive committee and backed federal civil rights measures.
Herbert H. Lehman was a Jewish American statesman who served as Governor of New York and later as a U.S. Senator. He sat on the NAACP executive committee and consistently backed federal civil rights measures. A member of the Lehman Brothers banking family, he was a leading Jewish public figure who linked liberal politics with support for minority rights.
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Source: Forward; My Jewish Learning; Library of Congress (NAACP exhibition)
New York governor and U.S. senator who served on the NAACP executive committee and backed federal civil rights measures.
Source: Forward; My Jewish Learning; Library of Congress (NAACP exhibition)
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