Marvin Caplan
Marvin Caplan · Civil Rights & Human Rights
Director of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights who lobbied for the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Voting Rights Act of 1965 and Fair Housing Act of 1968.
1919, USA — 2000, Washington, D.C., USA
Washington, D.C.
Marvin Caplan is recognized among Jewish contributors to Civil Rights & Human Rights — Director of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights who lobbied for the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Voting Rights Act of 1965 and Fair Housing Act of 1968.
Marvin Caplan was a Jewish American journalist and civil rights lobbyist who directed the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights. He was among the architects of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and the Fair Housing Act of 1968, and founded Neighbors Inc. to fight housing segregation in Washington, D.C. He has been described as one of the most important civil rights activists that few have heard of.
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Source: Tablet Magazine; Historical Marker Database (Marvin Caplan)
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Director of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights who lobbied for the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Voting Rights Act of 1965 and Fair Housing Act of 1968.
Source: Tablet Magazine; Historical Marker Database (Marvin Caplan)
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