Report of the General Secretary to the Sixth National Convention of the International Workers Order, June 2-7, 1944 NYC, with section "Work Among Negroes"
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- Title (English):
- Report of the General Secretary to the Sixth National Convention of the International Workers Order, June 2-7, 1944 NYC, with section "Work Among Negroes"
- Collection:
- International Workers' Order (IWO) and Jewish People's Fraternal Order (JPFO)
- Set:
- Black Jewish Relations
Conferences, Conventions, Meetings
Black Labor, Organizing and Rights
Women's Work
IWO and JPFO Affiliated Publications and Publishing - Creator:
- Bedacht, Max, 1883-1972
- Organization:
- International Workers Order
- Date:
- 1944-06-02 to 1944-06-07
- Location:
- Manhattan Center, 311 West 34 Street, NYC, New York
- ID Number:
- 5276b03f05_01
- File Name:
- 5276b03f05_01Partial.pdf
- Address (creator):
- 80 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York
- Work Type:
- booklets
reports
resolutions (administrative records)
organization files
minutes (administrative records) - Subject:
- historical figures
political ideologies and attitudes
national organization
Black Jewish Relations
African Americans- Civil Rights
Political
National Sections
National Groups
Civil Rights
white chauvinism
national prejudice
racial prejudice
English (Language)
membership
interracial
Black Lodges
Women [Women's clubs, organizing]
Feminism
recruitment
Black people
Antisemitism
Armed Forces integration
World War II
fund raising
racial discrimination
race (Concept)
Soviet Union
Nazism and Fascism
World War II Homefront
World War II- War Effort
IWO JPFO- Reports, Meetings, and Conferences
Women [Women's clubs, organizing]
Emma Lazarus Division - Description:
- IWO Sixth National Convention Report of the General Secretary of the International Workers Order, June 2-7, 1944 NYC, Manhattan Center. Financial, membership and Section statistics stress the critical wartime work including fundraising support and accomplishments of each IWO group (Section). Increased emphasis is placed on "Work Among Negroes," and "Work Among Women" including the Emma Lazarus Division. Youth Activities are detailed along with a report on each society. Shows the impact of World War II especially when compared to the 1940 5th Convention Report also by General Secretary Max Bedacht.
This text uses the term ‘Negro’ to refer to Black people in the context of the concerted efforts made primarily in the 1920s-1940s to fight racial discrimination. While the term ‘Negro’ might be read as pejorative today, the term was then used in a positive regard, including by Black leftists - 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:
- 3
- Folder:
- 5
- 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