Box JHC CD Box 1

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Digital image of Morton Shapiro attending a march through Memphis, Tennessee, in honor of the recently assassinated Martin Luther King Jr. as part of the Memphis Sanitation Strike, which King had supported.

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Disc contains images of the Rosenberg, Kahn, and Dreyfus families.

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Disc contains image of a plaque donated to Erskine College in Due West, South Carolina, by Moses Winstock.

Collection Overview From the Collection: The collection consists of photographs, correspondence, school records, certificates, and clippings that document the Bloom family of Greenville, South Carolina, as well as a small number of materials relating to the Chernoff, Cohen, and Shatenstein families. Materials focus mainly on Julius and Jennie Bloom and their son, Jack. The largest portion of the collection consists of photographs, featuring mainly Jennie and Julius Bloom, their son Jack, and daughter, Shirley. Several photograph...

Collection Overview From the Collection: The collection consists of photographs, correspondence, school records, certificates, and clippings that document the Bloom family of Greenville, South Carolina, as well as a small number of materials relating to the Chernoff, Cohen, and Shatenstein families. Materials focus mainly on Julius and Jennie Bloom and their son, Jack. The largest portion of the collection consists of photographs, featuring mainly Jennie and Julius Bloom, their son Jack, and daughter, Shirley. Several photograph...

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Family photographs compiled and scanned at the Shatenstein family reunion in 2006.

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Also includes family trees and name indexes.

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Informal interview with Jack and Lillian Bloom conducted by Miriam Chernoff.

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Includes an approximately 6 hour long oral history interview with Morton Shapiro recorded by Joella Werin between January 31 and February 10 1997. Topics include his childhood, his education, and his career working with labor unions, notably the International Ladies Garment Workers Union and Service Employees Union, his role in the civil rights movement, the role of Jews in the civil rights movement, and relations between Jews and African Americans in the South.

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Sub-Series:

Includes an approximately 6 hour long oral history interview with Morton Shapiro recorded by Joella Werin between January 31 and February 10 1997. Topics include his childhood, his education, and his career working with labor unions, notably the International Ladies Garment Workers Union and Service Employees Union, his role in the civil rights movement, the role of Jews in the civil rights movement, and relations between Jews and African Americans in the South.