Philip Slomovitz South End collection 1969-1974

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Philip Slomovitz South End collection 1969-1974

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Contains 1969 and 1971-73 issues of The South End, Wayne State University student paper, as well as correspondence, public statements, petitions and a tape-recording relating to controversies generated by the printing of alleged anti-Zionist/anti-Semitic articles in the newspaper. The correspondence consists for the most part of an exchange of letters between university officials, Jewish community leaders and Leonard N. Simons, a Detroit advertising executive, during the 1969 controversy, and correspondence with Philip Slomovitz, editor of the Detroit Jewish news, in 1972-73. The tape recording is of a February 2, 1969 interview with John Watson, editor of the South end.

3.9 linear feet (1 manuscript box, 2 oversized boxes)

eng,

American Jewish Historical Society

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Wayne State University

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Watson, John

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Slomovitz, Philip, 1896-1993

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The South End is the official school newspaper for the Wayne State University campus, located in the heart of Detroit. Originally called The Daily Collegian, South End was renamed in 1966 to reflect the changing demographics of Detroit due to the effects of "white flight" to the suburbs. The term "south end" separates the urban school from the northern Detroit suburbs. The change of name was not the only radical change to happen to the paper in the 1960s and 1970s. Soon ...

Simons, Leonard N., 1904-

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