Alfred David Bernstein was an American civil rights and union activist.
12 Facts About Alfred Bernstein
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Alfred David Bernstein was born on April 9,1911, in New York City.
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Alfred Bernstein obtained two degrees from Columbia University, including a degree from Columbia University Law School.
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Around November 1945, Bernstein became director of negotiations for the United Public Workers of America until July 1951, shortly before he appeared under subpoena before Congress.
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Alfred Bernstein was an active opponent of Harry S Truman's Executive Order No 9835 which required a loyalty oath "designed to root out communist influence in the US federal government" and testified against it before the United States House Committee on Education and Labor and was called by a Senate subcommittee to defend his own loyalty.
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Later, Alfred Bernstein served as a fundraiser for the Eleanor Roosevelt Institute for Cancer Research and the Union of Hebrew Congregations before joining the National Conference of Christians and Jews in 1960 where he served until 1985 as vice president for development.
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From 1937 to 1950, Alfred Bernstein served as an official in the United Federal Workers of America.
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In 1947, Alfred Bernstein testified about a strike against the GSI.
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On January 26,1948, Alfred Bernstein charged that House committee agents had raided the union's offices.
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On October 11,1951, during testimony before the Senate Subcommittee on Internal Security, Alfred Bernstein refused to answer many questions regarding the UPWA, the Communist Party, and people including Abram Flaxer, Louise Bransten, and Grigory Kheifets.
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Alfred Bernstein was married to Sylvia Walker, a civil rights activist.
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Alfred David Bernstein died age 91 on February 28,2003, of a stroke at his home in Washington, DC.