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Lowenstein : Acts of Courage and Belief by Stone, Gregory, 1949-; Lowenstein, Douglas is a biography available to read on EtoBox.
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Allard Kenneth Lowenstein (1/16/293/14/80) was a liberal Democrat, a congressman representing the 5th District in Nassau County, NY (1969-71). His civil rights & antiwar work has been cited as an inspiration by figures including Congressmen John Kerry, Donald W. Riegle Jr & Barney Frank, columnist Wm F. Buckley Jr, actor Warren Beatty, Obama White House Counsel Gregory Craig & songwriters Peter Yarrow & Harry Chapin. He was a graduate of the University of N. Carolina. He was president of the Nat'l Student Ass'n & the Dialectic Society as an undergraduate. He earned a JD from Yale Law School in '54. Along with Curtis Gans in '67, later joined by Wisconsin's Midge Miller, he started the Dump Johnson movement, approaching Rbt F. Kennedy & Geo McGovern about challenging LBJ in the 68 primaries. RFK & McGovern both declined. A Democratic Nat'l Convention delegate, Lowenstein recruited Eugene McCarthy, whose candidacy he remained loyal to even after RFK's entry into the race. LBJ's withdrawal has been attributed to the impact of the Dump Johnson movement, culminating in the historical precedent of McCarthy's strong showing in the New Hampshire Primary. In '71, Lowenstein became head of t
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- Author
- Stone, Gregory, 1949-; Lowenstein, Douglas
- Publisher
- Harcourt Brace Jovanovich (San Diego/NY/London)
- Published
- 2017
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780151547425
- Category
- biography
- Subjects
- Political Science, Memoir, History
- Rating
- 4.5 / 5 (1 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13