Religious discrimination
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Here are entered works on overt discriminatory behavior against religious groups or individuals based on their beliefs of religious affiliation. General works on tolerance or intolerance of religions or religious groups are entered under [Religious tolerance.]
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Lou Sidmin , 1948-1991
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Identifier: B111.09.0009.0010
Abstract
Louis (Lou) Sidman was born in Boston in 1920 and passed away in October of 2004. As regional director of the Anti-Defemation League (ADL), Sidman was instrumental in drawing attention to the lack of civil rights for and the strong presence of discrimination toward members of the minority communities in Denver, including not only Jews, but also Native Americans, Latinos, and African Americans among others. He also served as Mayor Newton's secretory on the Committee for Human Relations in the...
Dates:
1948-1991
Oral History Interview with J. Harold Saks, 1977 June 6
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Identifier: B098.01.0001.00009
Abstract
J. Harold Saks was the first director of the Anti-Defamation League Mountain States Regional Office, and in this oral history he discusses the Jewish community in Colorado, primarily focusing on the 1920s through the 1940s. He describes anti-Semitism in Colorado during this period, and he details the activities of Jewish organizations and religious leaders, including the formation of the Mountain States chapter of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). In addition, Saks talks about the...
Dates:
1977 June 6
Sister Ann Gillen of Chicago - Interreligious Task Force on Soviet Jewry, 1971-1978
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Identifier: B093.01.0002.0013
Abstract
Materials related to Sister Ann Gillen of Chicago, executive director of the National Interrelgious Task Force on Soviet Jewry from 1972 to 1987. Sister Ann Gillen was a nun who brought the plight of Jews trapped in the Soviet Union to the attention of the Christian world. and made their cause her own
Dates:
1971-1978
The Denver Clarion, vol. 100, 1993 April 8
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Identifier: clarion_v100_19930408
Abstract
Ritchie spends day on wheels. Campus religious group’s tactics questioned. All Campus Career Fair.
Dates:
1993 April 8