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Allard Kenneth Lowenstein (January 16, 1929 – March 14, 1980) [1] [2] was an American Democratic politician who served as the U.S. representative for the 5th congressional district in Nassau County, New York, for one term from 1969 to 1971.
Mar 15, 1980 · NEW YORK, March 14, 1980 -- Former congressman Allard K. Lowenstein, 51, a Pied Piper to three generations of student activists and the organizer of the "Dump Johnson" movement in 1968, was...
Allard K. Lowenstein was a relentless opponent of injustice in the United States and throughout the world. His passionate leadership played a crucial role in the civil rights, anti-apartheid, anti-war, and human rights movements of the 1960s and 1970s. Allard Lowenstein was born on January 16, 1929. As an undergraduate at the University of ...
Mar 15, 1980 · Allard K. Lowenstein, who led the 1968 movement to block the re-election of President Lyndon B. Johnson, was shot yesterday at his Rockefeller Center law office and died seven hours later.
Allard K. Lowenstein was an American scholar, political activist, and diplomat who was known for his unceasing fight against injustice in many forms, evidenced by his participation in such causes as antiapartheid, civil rights, and antiwar protests. A graduate of Yale Law School (1954), Lowenstein.
When the former US Congressman and US Representative to the UN Commission on Human Rights Lowenstein was shot and killed in his office in New York City, Mike Farrell and Julie Thompson joined forces to make a documentary about Lowenstein's political life.
The senseless and violent death of Allard K. Lowenstein has cut short a life devoted to reason and justice. From the sit-ins to the campuses to the halls of Congress, Al Lowenstein was a passionate fighter for a more humane, more democratic world.
