Selected Highlights
Selected Highlights
1906
In the wake of the Kishinev pogroms in Czarist Russia , a group of prominent American Jewish leaders establish American Jewish Committee , the first global Jewish advocacy organization .
1913
AJC advocates for legislation in New York to end anti-Black discrimination in public accommodations , resorts , and amusement parks , resulting in the passage of a law that served as a model for other states .
1920
AJC founder Louis Marshall engineers a dramatic public apology from Henry Ford , the most successful businessman and virulent antisemite in the U . S . at the time . Ford issues a public repudiation of the antisemitic ideas he had supported for years in various publications including his newspaper , The Dearborn Independent .
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