Reminiscences of Elliot Mincberg : oral history, 2002-2003.

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Reminiscences of Elliot Mincberg : oral history, 2002-2003.

Background: born Chicago; parents Holocaust survivors; changing dynamics of Chicago neighborhood through integration and white flight, influence of assassinations of civil rights leaders; education: B.A. Northwestern University, J.D. Harvard Law School 1977; activism: environmental activism through internship at Campaign Against Pollution, Vietnam War protest organizing; career: clerk and community services work for Hogan and Hartson, Legal Director for People for the American Way; post-9/11: challenges and changes in legal work, public reaction to People for the American Way's work; evaluation of Attorney General John Ashcroft, thoughts on Jose Padilla case; reflections on family life.

transcript: 65 p.sound recordings: 2 sound cassettes (88,46 min.)

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Organizational History People for the American Way (PFAW) was founded in 1981 by Norman Lear, Barbara Jordan, Father Theodore Hesburgh, and Andrew Heiskell. PFAW is dedicated to promoting equality, freedom of speech, and freedom of religion. Their operational mission includes promoting progressive policies, electing progressive candidates, and holding public officials accountable. Josh Glasstetter from PFAW read in the New York Times about th...

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Legal Director, People for the American Way. From the description of Reminiscences of Elliot Mincberg : oral history, 2002-2003. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 269259231 ...