Kahn, Tom
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1938, Sept. 15:
Born, New York, N.Y. -
1955 -1957 :Attended, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, N.Y. -
1956:
Joined Students for Democratic Action and the Independent Socialist League -
1958 -1959 :Assistant organizer, Youth Marches for Integrated Schools, New York, N.Y. -
1960 -1961 :Member, Committee to Defend Martin Luther King -
1961:
B.A., Howard University, Washington, D.C. -
1963:
First assistant to Bayard Rustin, organizer for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, Washington, D.C -
1964 -1972 :Executive director, League for Industrial Democracy -
1965:
Member, National Action Committee of the Social Democrats, U.S.A. -
1968:
Speech writer for Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey -
1971 -1972 :Chief speech writer for Senator Henry M. Jackson -
1972 -1986 :Assistant to the president, AFL-CIO -
1978:
Member, board of directors, A. Philip Randolph Institute, National Committee Against Discrimination in Housing -
1986 -1992 :Director, Department of International Affairs, AFL-CIO -
1992, Mar. 27:
Died, Silver Spring, Md.
From the guide to the Tom Kahn Papers, 1959-1992, (bulk 1963-1972), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)
Role | Title | Holding Repository | |
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referencedIn | Andreĭ Sakharov papers, 1852-2002 (inclusive), 1960-1990 (bulk). | Houghton Library | |
referencedIn | Guide to the Max Shachtman Papers, 1917-1969 | Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives | |
referencedIn | League for Industrial Democracy. Pamphlets, 1922-1978. | Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives | |
creatorOf | Tom Kahn Papers, 1959-1992, (bulk 1963-1972) | Library of Congress. Manuscript Division | |
referencedIn | Van Sickle, Leftist Pamphlet Collection, 1900-1993 | Special Collections and University Archives, University of Central Florida Libraries, |
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associatedWith | Jackson, Henry M. (Henry Martin), 1912-1983 |
associatedWith | League for Industrial Democracy. |
associatedWith | March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.) |
associatedWith | Rustin, Bayard, 1912-1987 |
correspondedWith | Sakharov, Andreĭ, 1921-1989 |
associatedWith | Shachtman, Max, 1903-1972 |
associatedWith | Van Sickle |
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Birth 1938-09-15
Death 1992-03-27
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