The Encampment for Citizenship Annual Award Dinner

The NYPR Archive Collections | Jan 1, 2000

Mr. Sheldon Pollack hosts the Encampment for Citizenship Annual Award Dinner, honoring Representative Allard K. Lowenstein of Nassau County's Fifth Congressional District.

Additional speakers include:

Douglas Kelley, executive director of the Encampment;
Simeon Golar, Commissioner of the NYC Commission on Human Rights (and former chairman of the board of directors of the Encampment);
Algernon Black, founder of the Encampment

Lucile Kohn (Lucy Cohn) presents the award.

Edited tapes.


Audio courtesy of the NYC Municipal Archives WNYC Collection


WNYC archives id: 151719
Municipal archives id: T4278

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