Arnold Aronson
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1911 – 1998
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Who was Arnold Aronson?
Arnold Aronson was a founder of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights and served as its executive secretary from 1950 to 1980. In 1941 he worked with A. Philip Randolph to pressure President Franklin D. Roosevelt to issue Executive Order 8802, opening jobs in the federal bureaucracy and in the defense industries to minorities. A close associate of Randolph and Roy Wilkins, Aronson played an important role planning the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Justice. He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1998.
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- Born
- Mar 11, 1911
Boston - Spouses
- Children
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Education
- Harvard University
- University of Chicago
- Employment
- Jewish Council for Public Affairs
- Died
- Feb 17, 1998
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on July 23, 2013
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