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[[Evelyn DuBrow]] was director of [[Americans for Democratic Action]] in New Jersey before becoming personal assistant to [[Gus Tyler]] in 1956. In 1959, she went to Washington as a lobbyist for the [[ILGWU]], where she won exemption for garment industry workers from legislation outlawing secondary boycotts.<ref> Robert Parmet, ''The Master of Seventh Avenue: David Dubinsky and the American Labor Movement'', New York University Press, 2005, p.281.</ref>
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In 1962, DuBrow blamed [[Herbert Hill]] of the [[NAACP]] for Congressman [[Adam Clayton Powell]]'s decision to investigate the ILGWU for discrimination and corruption.<ref>Robert Parmet, ''The Master of Seventh Avenue: David Dubinsky and the American Labor Movement'', New York University Press, 2005, p.305.</ref>
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==Affiliations==
 
==Affiliations==
 
*[[Coalition for a Democratic Majority]]
 
*[[Coalition for a Democratic Majority]]

Latest revision as of 11:35, 24 August 2014

Evelyn DuBrow was director of Americans for Democratic Action in New Jersey before becoming personal assistant to Gus Tyler in 1956. In 1959, she went to Washington as a lobbyist for the ILGWU, where she won exemption for garment industry workers from legislation outlawing secondary boycotts.[1]

In 1962, DuBrow blamed Herbert Hill of the NAACP for Congressman Adam Clayton Powell's decision to investigate the ILGWU for discrimination and corruption.[2]

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  1. Robert Parmet, The Master of Seventh Avenue: David Dubinsky and the American Labor Movement, New York University Press, 2005, p.281.
  2. Robert Parmet, The Master of Seventh Avenue: David Dubinsky and the American Labor Movement, New York University Press, 2005, p.305.