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  1. Sigmund G. Livingston (December 27, 1872 – June 13, 1946) was a German -born American Jewish attorney working in Chicago, Illinois. Livingston was the founder and first president of the Anti-Defamation League, and the author of the book Must Men Hate (New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1944). The League's annual Sigmund Livingston Award ...

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  2. Sigmund Livingston was born on December 27, 1872 in Giessen, Germany. He was one of eight children born to Mayer and Dora (Bluemenfeld) Livingston. The Livingston family immigrated to the United States on November 12, 1881 on the S.S. Rhine from Bremen, Germany. Sigmund became a naturalized citizen in 1888.

  3. Aug 31, 2021 · Bloomington-Normal has a long tradition of resisting prejudice. In 1913, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) was founded in Bloomington to stop the defamation of Jewish people by appealing to minds, morals, and the law. Sigmund Livingston served as its first director. Livingston was born in Germany in 1872, and by the age of 10, his family had ...

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  5. Repudiation Letter Written to Sigmund Livingston, January 12, 1942, Henry Ford Office records, Folder 681, Box 2534, Accession 285. Repudiation Letter and Clippings, Blueprints, Drawings, Newspapers and Printed Material subseries, Frank Campsall records series, Boxes 42 and 43, Accession 292.

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  6. The ADL was founded in late September 1913 by B'nai B'rith, with Sigmund Livingston as its first leader. Initially the league largely represented Midwestern and Southern Jews concerned with antagonistic portrayals of Jews in popular culture along with social and economic discrimination. [24]

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  7. Aug 27, 2013 · But the idea for ADL, conceived by Sigmund Livingston, a Chicago attorney, preceded the case. Rather than being the catalyst for the organization, the trial served as a confirmation of the wisdom ...

  8. Sigmund G. Livingston was a German-born American Jewish attorney working in Chicago, Illinois. Livingston was the founder and first president of the Anti-Defamation League, and the author of the book Must Men Hate. The League's annual Sigmund Livingston Award, which recognizes individuals for outstanding contributions to furthering civil rights and fighting injustice, is named after him, as is ...

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