EPISODE · Dec 11, 2022 · 34 MIN
Martin Luther King's Smallhat Adviser Stanley Levison - The Speech Writer & Fundraiser! (#SCLC)
from Real Black Consciousness Forum · host Big Vjay
#MLK #StanleyLevison #martinlutherkingday Email the podcast: [email protected] https://cash.app/$BlackConsciousnes Join us as we have a conversation about Dr. Martin Luther King's Smallhat Adviser Stanley Levison. According to Stanford Ed - Levison, Stanley David: In 1956 Stanley Levison, a Jewish attorney from New York, began raising funds to support the Montgomery bus boycott and became acquainted with Martin Luther King, Jr. The two men developed a close relationship in which Levison not only advised King, but also aided him with the day-to-day administrative demands of the movement. In 1963, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) used King’s relationship with Levison, who they believed to be a Communist functionary, to justify surveillance of King. Born in New York City on 2 May 1912, Levison studied at the University of Michigan, Columbia University, and the New School for Social Research before earning two law degrees from St. John’s University. As treasurer of the Manhattan branch of the American Jewish Congress, Levison became a champion of left-wing causes and supported the defense of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg and the campaign against the McCarran Internal Security Act. In the early 1950s the FBI considered Levison to be a major financial coordinator for the Communist Party in the United States and began to monitor his activities. In the mid-1950s Levison turned his attention to the civil rights struggle. In 1956 Levison, Bayard Rustin, and Ella Baker created In Friendship, an organization that raised money for southern civil rights activists and organizations, including the Montgomery Improvement Association (MIA). Together they formulated the concept of a regional “Congress of organizations” dedicated to mass action grounded in nonviolence, an idea that would later develop into the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) (Papers 3:491). So yeah, make sure you tap into this conversation. And make sure you like, share and comment! Thanks in advance! RBCF! Hashtags: #martinlutherking #mlk #blacklivesmatter #martinlutherkingjr #malcolmx #mlkday #blackhistory #ihaveadream #civilrights #marcusgarvey #martinlutherkingday #love #africa #malcomx #martinlutherkingquotes #blm #blackpower #mlkjr #blackhistorymonth #justice #rosaparks #georgefloyd #art #freedom #o #blackexcellence #martinlutherkingjrday #usa #america #justiceforgeorgefloyd #mlkquotes #black #quotes #history #blackwomen #equality #peace #igreja #hernandesdiaslopes #panafricanism #leadership #knowledgeispower #civilrightsmovement #jamaica #kwamenkrumah #haileselassie #rasta #moors #ethiopia #lumumba #onelove #rastafari #africanroyalty #bhfyp #repost #aframerican #unitedstatesofafrica #prophet #africanstarline #africaunite
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#MLK #StanleyLevison #martinlutherkingday Email the podcast: [email protected] https://cash.app/$BlackConsciousnes Join us as we have a conversation about Dr. Martin Luther King's Smallhat Adviser Stanley Levison. According to Stanford Ed - Levison, Stanley David: In 1956 Stanley Levison, a Jewish attorney from New York, began raising funds to support the Montgomery bus boycott and became acquainted with Martin Luther King, Jr. The two men developed a close relationship in which Levison not only advised King, but also aided him with the day-to-day administrative demands of the movement. In 1963, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) used King’s relationship with Levison, who they believed to be a Communist functionary, to justify surveillance of King. Born in New York City on 2 May 1912, Levison studied at the University of Michigan, Columbia University, and the New School for Social Research before earning two law degrees from St. John’s University. As treasurer of the Manhattan branch of the American Jewish Congress, Levison became a champion of left-wing causes and supported the defense of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg and the campaign against the McCarran Internal Security Act. In the early 1950s the FBI considered Levison to be a major financial coordinator for the Communist Party in the United States and began to monitor his activities. In the mid-1950s Levison turned his attention to the civil rights struggle. In 1956 Levison, Bayard Rustin, and Ella Baker created In Friendship, an organization that raised money for southern civil rights activists and organizations, including the Montgomery Improvement Association (MIA). Together they formulated the concept of a regional “Congress of organizations” dedicated to mass action grounded in nonviolence, an idea that would later develop into the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) (Papers 3:491). So yeah, make sure you tap into this conversation. And make sure you like, share and comment! Thanks in advance! RBCF! Hashtags: #martinlutherking #mlk #blacklivesmatter #martinlutherkingjr #malcolmx #mlkday #blackhistory #ihaveadream #civilrights #marcusgarvey #martinlutherkingday #love #africa #malcomx #martinlutherkingquotes #blm #blackpower #mlkjr #blackhistorymonth #justice #rosaparks #georgefloyd #art #freedom #o #blackexcellence #martinlutherkingjrday #usa #america #justiceforgeorgefloyd #mlkquotes #black #quotes #history #blackwomen #equality #peace #igreja #hernandesdiaslopes #panafricanism #leadership #knowledgeispower #civilrightsmovement #jamaica #kwamenkrumah #haileselassie #rasta #moors #ethiopia #lumumba #onelove #rastafari #africanroyalty #bhfyp #repost #aframerican #unitedstatesofafrica #prophet #africanstarline #africaunite
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