Shaftel, Oscar, 1912-2000

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Birth 1912
Death 2000

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Oscar Shaftel (1912-2000) was a faculty member at Queens College who was fired in 1953 after he refused to answer the New York City Board of Higher Educcation's questions about Communist affiliations in academia.

From the guide to the Oscar Shaftel Papers, 1940s-1990s, (Tamiment Library / Wagner Archives)

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