From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Content deleted Content added
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
|
{{Short description|American lawyer and activist (1897–1980)}} |
{{Short description|American lawyer and activist (1897–1980)}} |
||
|
”’Alfred Baker Lewis”’ (1897 – 1980) was an American lawyer, union organizer, socialist, and civil rights activist. He was served on the board of the [[National Association for the Advancement of Colored People]]from 1939 until his death and as its treasurer from 1958 to 1972. He was also secretary of the [[Socialist Party of Massachusetts]]from 1924 to 1940. While involved with the Socialist Party, Lewis ran United States Senate in 1926 and 1928 and for Governor of Massachusetts in 1930, 1932, 1934 and 1936.{{cite web|url=http://amistadresearchcenter.tulane.edu/archon/?p=collections/findingaid&id=287&q=&rootcontentid=102332|title=Alfred Baker Lewis papers, 1944-1980 – Amistad Research Center|website=Amistadresearchcenter.tulane.edu|accessdate=10 September 2017|archive-date=24 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170724204958/http://amistadresearchcenter.tulane.edu/archon/?p=collections/findingaid&id=287&q=&rootcontentid=102332|url-status=dead}} |
”’Alfred Baker Lewis”’ (1897 – 1980) was an American lawyer, union organizer, socialist, and civil rights activist. He was served on the board of the [[National Association for the Advancement of Colored People]]from 1939 until his death and as its treasurer from 1958 to 1972. He was also secretary of the [[Socialist Party of Massachusetts]]from 1924 to 1940. While involved with the Socialist Party, Lewis ran United States Senate in 1926 and 1928 and for Governor of Massachusetts in 1930, 1932, 1934 and 1936.{{cite web|url=http://amistadresearchcenter.tulane.edu/archon/?p=collections/findingaid&id=287&q=&rootcontentid=102332|title=Alfred Baker Lewis papers, 1944-1980 – Amistad Research Center|website=Amistadresearchcenter.tulane.edu|accessdate=10 September 2017|archive-date=24 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170724204958/http://amistadresearchcenter.tulane.edu/archon/?p=collections/findingaid&id=287&q=&rootcontentid=102332|url-status=dead}} |
||
|
He died in October 1980, an apparent suicide, when he was [[rail suicide|hit by a train]]at [[Old Greenwich (Metro-North station)|Old Greenwich station]]in [[Greenwich, Connecticut]].{{cite web|url=http://www.upi.com/Archives/1980/10/31/Police-say-civil-rights-leader-Alfred-Baker-Lewis-who/6264341816400/|title=Police say civil rights leader Alfred Baker Lewis, who…|website=Upi.com|accessdate=10 September 2017}} |
He died in October 1980, an apparent suicide, when he was [[rail suicide|hit by a train]]at [[Old Greenwich (Metro-North station)|Old Greenwich station]]in [[Greenwich, Connecticut]].{{cite web|url=http://www.upi.com/Archives/1980/10/31/Police-say-civil-rights-leader-Alfred-Baker-Lewis-who/6264341816400/|title=Police say civil rights leader Alfred Baker Lewis, who…|website=Upi.com|accessdate=10 September 2017}} |
||
Latest revision as of 13:50, 19 February 2025
American lawyer and activist (1897–1980)
Alfred Baker Lewis (1897 – 1980) was an American lawyer, union organizer, socialist, and civil rights activist. He was served on the board of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People from 1939 until his death and as its treasurer from 1958 to 1972. He was also secretary of the Socialist Party of Massachusetts from 1924 to 1940. While involved with the Socialist Party, Lewis ran for United States Senate in 1926 and 1928 and for Governor of Massachusetts in 1930, 1932, 1934 and 1936.[1]
He died in October 1980, an apparent suicide, when he was hit by a train at Old Greenwich station in Greenwich, Connecticut.[2]
- Lewis, Alfred B. Liberalism and Sovietism1946.
- Lewis, Alfred B. Why we have Depressions and Recessions1962, New York, League for Industrial Democracy
