Robert J. Greene papers, 1948-1991.

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Robert J. Greene papers, 1948-1991.

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Papers consist primarily of selections from his manuscript "Side Bars", an anecdotal reminiscence of some forty years as a political activist in liberal democratic circles, and his efforts in the political campaigns in Michigan of G. Mennen Williams and George Edwards Sr.

.25 linear ft. (1 box)

Wayne State University. Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs

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Wayne State University. Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs

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Wayne State University. Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs

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Greene, Robert J. (Robert James), 1940-

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Robert Greene was active in the late 1940s in the formation of the Students for Democratic Action. He campaigned for G. Mennen Williams in his race for governorship of Michigan in 1948 and 1949. In the mid 1950s, Mr. Greene worked as an organizer for the Detroit and Cleveland Workmen's Circles, America's largest Jewish labor fraternal order. In 1959, Mr. Greene became the Central States Area director for the American Jewish Committee. From the description of Robert J. Greene papers, ...

Students for Democratic Action

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Edwards, George Clifton, 1878-1961

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Teacher and pro-labor, pro-ACLU, pro-NAACP lawyer and judge. Politically he was an active Socialist, anti-Ku Klux Klan and pro-prohibition. From the description of George Clifton Edwards Sr. papers, 1863-1960. (Wayne State University, Archives of Labor & Urban). WorldCat record id: 32320779 ...

American Jewish Committee

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Williams, G. Mennen, 1911-1988

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Governor of Michigan (1949-1960), and Justice of the Supreme Court of Michigan (1970- ). From the description of Gerhard M. Williams papers, 1949-1960 (Detroit Public Library). WorldCat record id: 495705218 Michigan Democratic Governor, 1949-1960; Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, 1961-1966; U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines, 1967-1969; Michigan Supreme Court justice, 1970-1987. From the description of G. Mennen Williams papers, 1883-1988. (Unive...