Columbia Center for Oral History Portal > Reminiscences of Fowler W. Martin : oral history, 1988.Biographical NoteCivil rights worker; nickname is Skip
Scope and ContentsFirst contact with Allard K. Lowenstein, Stanford University, 1961; Lowenstein's power base at Stern Hall; growth of campus social issues into larger issues: civil rights in Mississippi; Stanford Daily as conduit for Lowenstein's ideas, 1963, 1964; quick peak and decline of Lowenstein's influence on Stanford campus; Lowenstein's Americans for Democratic Action background and use of red-baiting: relationships with protegees and rivals; success of Dump Johnson campaign, 1964 Mississippi campaign; 1968 Long Island campaign; impact of Lowenstein's shift from Eugene McCarthy to Robert Kennedy; Lowenstein's reaction to Robert Kennedy's assassination;
issue of homosexuality; substance, quality of Lowenstein's achievements
SubjectsAccess ConditionsCopyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1991
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