Leon Shapiro papers, 1939-1984.

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Leon Shapiro papers, 1939-1984.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52102162

Papers include biographical materials, correspondence, legal documents, writings, lecture and research materials, statistical data in the world Jewish population before and after World War II, oral history transcripts, pamphlets, newspaper clippings, and four photographs.

15 boxes, (8.75 linear ft.)

University of Massachusetts Amherst, W.E.B. Du Bois Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7647889

University of Massachusetts Amherst, W.E.B. Du Bois Library

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Rutgers University

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From July 12 to July 17, 1967, the city of Newark, New Jersey, was wrecked by racial violence. In six days of rioting, 23 people were killed, 725 were injured and nearly 1,500 were arrested. Property damage was estimated at over $10 million. While the riots were still in progress, sixty community leaders formed a Committee of Concern with the following aims: to help restore calm to the city, to study the causes of racial unrest, and to formulate goals for social and economic improve...

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Shapiro, Leon.

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Historian, author, Professor of Russian and Soviet Jewish History at Rutgers University, who helped arrange the escape of Jews from Europe during World War II and was active in several organizations concerned with the emigration of Soviet and Eastern European Jews to Palestine. From the description of Leon Shapiro papers, 1939-1984. (University of Massachusetts Amherst). WorldCat record id: 52102162 ...