Papers, 1933-1985 (bulk 1947-1973).

Glueck, Nelson, 1900-1971

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Archaeologist, rabbi, and president of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, Nelson Glueck was born in Cincinnati on June 4, 1900. He entered Hebrew Union College in 1914 to study for the rabbinate. While at Hebrew Union College, Glueck simultaneously attended the University of Cincinnati where he obtained a B.A. degree in 1920. In 1923, he was ordained a rabbi. Glueck continued his studies in Europe at the University of Berlin, Heidelberg University, and the University of Jena wher...

Abernathy, Ralph, 1926-1990

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Ralph David Abernathy (1926-1990) was a minister, civil rights leader, and confidant of the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr....

Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969

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Dwight David Eisenhower (1890-1969) was leader of the Allied forces in Europe in World War II, commander of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization), and the thirty-fourth president of the United States, from January 20, 1953, to January 20, 1961. Eisenhower was born on October 14, 1890, in Denison, Texas, the third son of David Jacob Eisenhower, a railroad worker, and Ida Elizabeth Stover. In 1891, the family moved to Abilene, Kansas, where David accepted a job at a local creamery run by ...

Marcus, Jacob Rader, 1896-1995

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Jacob Rader Marcus received his rabbinical ordination from Hebrew Union College in 1920; he began teaching at HUC that year. Marcus devoted most of his post-World War II historical career to American Jewish history and founded the American Jewish Archives in Cincinnati in 1947 on the campus of HUC. ...

King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006

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Coretta Scott King (b. April 27, 1927, Marion, AL–d. Jan. 30, 2006, Rosarito Beach, Mexico) was the wife of Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. She attended Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio, and earned a degree from the New England Conservatory of Music studying under Marie Sundelius. She met King in Boston and they were married in 1953. They had four children: Yolanda (1955), Martin III (1957), Dexter (1961), and Bernice (1963).The King family lived in Montgomery, Alabama. Mrs. ...

Freehof, Solomon Bennett, 1892-1990

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Dr. Solomon B. Freehof was born in London in 1892 and at the age of eleven came to America. He settled in Cincinnati and was ordained in 1915. He settled in Pittsburgh in 1934 and was rabbi for the Rodef Shalom Congregation in Squirrel Hill. From the description of Solomon B. Freehof papers 1931-1986. (Historical Society of W Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 48861300 Rabbi who spent the bulk of his career at Rodef Shalom Temple in Pittsburgh, Pa.; author of Jewish responsa...

Carter, Jimmy, 1924-

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Jimmy Carter (James Earl Carter, Jr.), thirty-ninth president of the United States, was born on October 1, 1924, in Plains, Georgia, and grew up in the nearby community of Archery. His father, James Earl Carter, Sr., was a farmer and businessman; his mother, Lillian Gordy, a registered nurse. He was educated in the Plains public schools, attended Georgia Southwestern College and the Georgia Institute of Technology, and received a B.S. from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1946. In the Navy he became a ...

King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968

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Martin Luther King, Jr. (b. January 15, 1929, Atlanta, Georgia –d. April 4, 1968, Memphis, Tennessee) was an American Baptist minister and activist who was a leader in the Civil Rights Movement. He is best known for his role in the advancement of civil rights using nonviolent civil disobedience. King helped to organize the 1963 March on Washington, where he delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech. In 1964, King received the Nobel Peace Prize and in 1965, he helped to organize the Selma to M...

Gittelson, Roland Bertram, 1910-

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Union of American Hebrew congregations

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Founded in 1873 when delegates representing twenty-nine congregations basically from the Midwest and the South assembled in Cincinnati, Ohio. From the description of Records, 1873-1985. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70960755 Organization which supports Reform Judaism in North America (including the United States). From the description of Union of American Hebrew Congregations records, 1996-2000. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 756915881 ...

Vorspan, Albert.

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Rothschild, Jacob M., 1911-1973

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Jacob M. Rothschild (1911-1973), Rabbi, of Atlanta, Ga. From the description of Jacob M. Rothschild papers, 1933-1985 (bulk 1947-1973). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 173863332 Rabbi, of Atlanta, Ga.; b. Jacob Mortimer Rothschild. From the description of Papers, 1933-1985 (bulk 1947-1973). (Emory University). WorldCat record id: 28419197 Rabbi and civil rights worker, of Atlanta, Ga.; b. Jacob Mortimer Rothschild. From the description of Serm...

Eisendrath, Maurice Nathan, 1902-1973

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Epithet: rabbi of Toronto British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001072.0x00025c ...

Temple (Atlanta, Ga.)

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The Hebrew Benevolent Congregation (Atlanta, Ga.) was formally incorporated in 1867. In 1946, it became commonly known as The Temple. From the description of Temple records, 1853-1988. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38476980 ...

Central conference of american rabbis

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The Central Conference of American Rabbis is the oldest rabbinical association in the United States, established by the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, a Reform group, in 1889. The Conference has played an influential role in interfaith relations, military chaplaincy, church and state issues, social action, and religious education. Cleveland, Ohio, rabbis who have served as president of the organization include Moses J. Gries, Louis Wolsey, Barnett R. Brickner, and Arthur J. Lelyveld. ...

McGill, Ralph, 1898-1969

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Ralph McGill, as editor and publisher of the Atlanta Constitution, was a leading voince for racial and ethnic tolerance in the South from the 1940s through the 1960s. As an influential daily columnist, he broke the code of silence on the subject of segregation, chastising a generation of demagogues, timid journalists, and ministers who feared change. When the U.S. Supreme Court outlawed segregated schools in 1954 and southern demagogues led defiance of the court, segregationists vilified McGill ...