Title

Never stop running : Allard Lowenstein and the struggle to save American liberalism

Description

Lowenstein became famous for the "dump Johnson" movement in 1968, Robert Kennedy's campaign for the presidential nomination and for being on Nixon's infamous "enemies list."

Identifier

501785

465001033

Creator

Chafe, William Henry

Source

Brian Lamb Booknotes Collection

Gift of Brian Lamb, 2011.

Catalog record

Language

eng

Date

1993

Program air date: January 30, 1994.

Publisher

BasicBooks

George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections & Archives

Text

Transcription of Annotations
Notes on front endpapers: Anti-Vietnam War, Anti-Communist, Jewish, liberal, 68' McCarthy campaign, Antiapartheid, Anti-racist, 1 term congressman, U.N. Ambassador, Perennial Candidate, Tension. Mickey Kantor worked for Jerry Brown. Bill Buckley's friendship p. 463 and Kennedy. Marian Wright Edelman. Single bed routine. David Minter-471. Harold Ickes, Gary Hart, Curtis Gans, Peter Edelman, Barney Frank, David Halberstam. Dennis Sweeney--the dentist and voices. Peter Yarrow, Stephen Smith, Kathleen Brown to the funeral. Grave--ashes equal from JFK and RFK. Frank Porter Graham--Pres. VNC/Terry Sanford. NSA and the CIA--was he on CIA payroll. Underlinings/notes: Underlinings: Physical description of Lowenstein, list of politicians who carry on Lowenstein's legacy, issues faced during his career, aspects of his private life, names of friends and those who attended his funeral.. Notes: "Private life: 1.Address book-thousands-a Post card a year; 2. Lonely; 3. Jewish but went to Protestant church; 4. School at Chapel Hill; 5. Closest companions were men; 6. Shot in 1980." "RFK Kennedy assignation." "Spanish Civil War."

Subject

"Lowenstein, Allard K."

"United States. Congress. House--Biography."

"Liberalism--United States--History--20th century."

"Legislators--United States--Biography."

Relation

Original Booknotes interview

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