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History > 20th century > USA > Civil rights > Other civil rights activists > Robert James Mangum    1921-2014

 

 

 

Robert J. Mangum

was sworn in as chairman

of the State Commission for Human Rights

at Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller’s New York City office

on July 31, 1967.

 

Photograph: The New York Times

 

Robert Mangum, a City and Civil Rights Leader, Dies at 93

NYT        By DOUGLAS MARTIN        OCT. 8, 2014

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/09/nyregion/robert-j-mangum-a-pioneer-for-black-causes-dies-at-93.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Robert James Mangum    1921-2014

 

In 1933,

Robert J. Mangum

arrived in New York

as an orphan of 13.

 

As he told the story,

he held his little sister

by one hand

and carried a satchel

with all his belongings

in the other.

 

They moved in

with an aunt and uncle

who lived

at the edge of poverty.

 

He sold newspapers,

manned a vegetable stand

and was a page

at the Metropolitan Opera.

 

Mr. Mangum went on

to build a career

as diverse as

it was accomplished.

 

He became the youngest

deputy police commissioner

in New York City history,

the chief of President Lyndon B. Johnson’s

War on Poverty in the Northeast,

and the chairman of human rights

for New York State.

 

In 1943,

as a 22-year-old

police officer,

he helped found

the Guardians Association,

a fraternal group for blacks

in the New York City

Police Department.

 

(...)

 

In 1963,

he joined

with David N. Dinkins

(who went on to become

the first black mayor

of New York),

Jackie Robinson

and business leaders

to start

One Hundred Black Men,

an organization

to enhance opportunities

and provide role models

for minorities.

 

(...)


He was also chairman

of the New York affiliate

of the National Urban League.

 

In 1971,

he became

the first black judge

appointed to

the New York State

Court of Claims,

which adjudicates claims

against the state.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/09/nyregion/robert-j-mangum-a-pioneer-for-black-causes-dies-at-93.html

 

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/09/nyregion/
robert-j-mangum-a-pioneer-for-black-causes-dies-at-93.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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