Philadelphia Committee to Save the Ingram Family
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- Title (English):
- Philadelphia Committee to Save the Ingram Family
- Collection:
- International Workers’ Order (IWO) and Jewish People's Fraternal Order (JPFO)
- Set:
- Black Jewish Relations
Cold War
Exhibit and Collection Highlights
Visual
Paul Robeson - Creator:
- Shafritz, Morris
- Recipient:
- Paul Robeson Lodge of the IWO
- Organization:
- International Workers Order
- Date:
- ca. 1949
- Coordinates:
- 39.94772,-75.16649
- Latitude:
- 39.94772
- Longitude:
- -75.16649
- Location:
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
- ID Number:
- 5276b17f07_22
- File Name:
- 5276b17f07_22.pdf
- Address (creator):
- 260 South 15th Street, Philadelphia 2, Pennsylvania
- Work Type:
- receipts (financial records)
fund raising
historical figures
organization files
civil rights
people by ideology, philosophy, or political activity
racial discrimination
race (concept) - Subject:
- Racism
African Americans- Civil Rights, Ingram Family
National Sections
Communism
Youth
Postwar Order and Social Contract
Cold War- Red Scare, Soviet Union
Black Jewish Relations
Jewish Left
Youth - Description:
- Receipt for funds for support of two of the younger Ingram sons living in Philadelphia. The black Ingram family, mother and two sons, were convicted on murder charges in Georgia in 1948. The IWO worked with the Civl Rights Congress (CRC) and others to raise support for the Ingram case, a cause celebre in its day in regard to Southern juries, Jim Crow, violence, [perhaps] attempted rape, and sharecropping.
- Notes:
- The Jewish People’s Fraternal Order was the largest ‘national’ section of the International Workers Order (IWO) which focused on cultural awareness and celebration, mutual support especially in health insurance coverage, and anti-fascist activities. The IWO also gave particular emphasis to supporting the rights and interests of African Americans. Documents include language and representations which comprise the historical record and should not be interpreted to mean that Cornell University or its staff endorse or approve of negative representations or stereotypes presented.
- Cite As:
- International Workers Order (IWO) Records #5276. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.
- Repository:
- Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Martin P. Catherwood Library, Cornell University
- Archival Collection:
- International Workers Order (IWO) Records, 1915-2002 (KCL05276)
- Box:
- 17
- Folder:
- 7
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- The copyright status and copyright owners of most of the images in the International Workers Order (IWO) Records Collection (Kheel Center #5276) are unknown. This material was digitized from physical holdings by Cornell University Library in 2016, with funding from an Arts and Sciences Grant to Jonathan Boyarin. Documents include language and representations which comprise the historical record and should not be interpreted to mean that Cornell University or its staff endorse or approve of negative representations or stereotypes presented. Cornell is providing access to the materials as a digital aggregate under an assertion of fair use for non-commercial educational use. The written permission of any copyright and other rights holders is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use that extends beyond what is authorized by fair use and other statutory exemptions. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item. Cornell would like to learn more about items in the collection and to hear from individuals or institutions that have any additional information as to rights holders. Please contact the Kheel Center at kheel_center@cornell.edu