Research on Al Lowenstein and the Raleigh Civil Rights Movement
Purpose
During the summer of 2004, I started researching Al Lowenstein's involvement in the Raleigh civil rights movement from 1962 to 1964. I submitted the research paper found below for my Civil Rights class at North Carolina State University, and presented it at the Triangle Area Graduate Student History Conference in February 2005. At the time, I planned to continue researching the topic for eventual publication.
In June 2005, I realized I did not have the time available to finish this research. The decision to give up this topic was tough, since the window of opportunity to talk to people who were active in the civil rights movement is quickly coming to a close. I am presenting the following materials with the hope that someone else will pick up this project.
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As a disclaimer, I am in no way stating that my research is perfect, and I encourage anyone who chooses to use these materials to check my work.
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Archives and Manuscripts
- Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Allard Kenneth Lowenstein Papers
This collection documents the life of Allard K. Lowenstein. Included are correspondence, organizational records, political campaign records, congressional files, writings, speeches and speech notes, a press clipping file on Lowenstein, research materials, scheduling files, financial and administrative records, diaries, scrapbooks, family papers, photographs, sound recordings, videocasette tapes, and other items. Contains more than 325 linear feet, with materials from 1924-1995.Ducey, Mitchell F. and Barbara Shaw Anderson. The Allard K. Lowenstein Papers, 1924-1985: a guide to the collection. Chapel Hill: Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1985. ISBN: 0961538503
This guide only includes materials in the collection through 1985, and it not as thorough as the inventory listed above.Biographical Files Sub-Group, North Carolina State University University Archives Reference Collection
Contains clippings, University publications, and copies of photographs and other archival material relating to faculty and staff of North Carolina State University. This is an artificial collection and is updated and maintained by Special Collections staff. Includes articles about Lowenstein, who taught at NCSU from 1962 to 1964.
Books
Chafe, William H. Never Stop Running: Allard Lowenstein and the Struggle to Save American Liberalism. New York: Basic Books, 1993. ISBN: 0465001033
Thorough biography of Lowenstein, his family, and the events and issues of the 1960s and 1970s. Winner of the Sidney Hillman Foundation Prize in 1993.Cummings, Richard. The Pied Piper: Allard K. Lowenstein and the Liberal Dream. New York: Grove Press, 1984. ISBN: 039453848X
Another thorough Lowenstein biography, this one exploring Lowenstein's possible involvement in the CIA.Cummings, Richard. The Pied Piper: Allard K. Lowenstein and the Liberal Dream. InPrint.com, 2000. ISBN: 0967351413
Revised and updated version of the 1985 book.Harris, David. Dreams Die Hard. New York: St. Martin's/Marek, 1982. ISBN: 0312219563
Written by antiwar activist David Harris, this book follows the lives of Harris, Lowenstein, and Lowenstein's eventual assassin, Dennis Sweeney.Stone, Gregory and Douglas Lowenstein
Edited by Lowenstein's nephew, this book consists of a collection of essays.
Articles
"Al Lowenstein remembered." News & Observer, March 18, 1980.
Cincotti, Joe. "The Original Activist: The Mystery of Allard Lowenstein." Spectator, April 3, 1985.
Cummings, Richard. "A Diamond is Forever: Mandela Triumphs, Buthelezi and deKlerk Survive, and the ANC on the U.S. Payroll." International Journal of Intelligence and Counterintelligence, Summer (1995).
"Former lawmaker-NCSU teacher slain in N.Y." News & Observer, March 15, 1980.
Harris, David. "Dream ends in madness, murder." News & Observer, August 24, 1980.
Hertzberg, Hendrik. "The Second Assassination of Al Lowenstein." The New York Review of Books 32, no. 15 (1985).
Lambert, John R., Jr. "Flawed biography of Lowenstein." News & Observer, April 28, 1985.
"Lowenstein Condemns Wasted Billions." The Technician, April 30, 1969.
"Lowenstein Probes Deaths." The Technician, January 19, 1976.
Putzel, Michael. "UNC Grad Will Head Group Opposing LBJ." The Technician, November 17, 1967.
"Should Be Fired." The Jones County Journal, March 5, 1964.
Simpson, Dave. "Lowenstein set course early in life." Raleigh Times, March 15, 1980.
"Students Circulate Petition For Lowenstein." The Technician, May 13, 1964.
"The Talk Of The Town." The New Yorker, 1966.
Wood, Charles. "Crusader Speaks On Racial Problems." News & Observer, March 18, 1964.