Activist

This powerpoint presentation will highlight a VERY small segment of Eleanor Roosevelt’s political and social activism. In her lifetime, and even after her death, she proved to be a force for change in the human condition.

This document, dated March 15, 1946, is President Harry Truman's appointment of former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt as U.S. Representative to the General Assembly of the United Nations. Eleanor Roosevelt held this position until She was chairmen of the Human Rights Commission during the drafting of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Eleanor Roosevelt addresses the United Nations on the ratifications of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Eleanor Roosevelt regarded the Universal Declaration as her greatest accomplishment. CLICK on the link below to view the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

After Marion Anderson was denied by the Daughters of the American Revolution to sing at Constitution Hall, Eleanor Roosevelt invited her to sing on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. She performed a critically acclaimed open-air concert on Eastern Sunday April 9, 1939, to a crowd of more than 75, 000 people and a radio audience in the millions.

Eleanor Roosevelt greeting her old friend Marian Anderson, Japan, May 22, 1953.

Featured below are Eleanor Roosevelt and Cecil Peterson. Peterson was in the Army's Tuskegee training program and was chosen at random as a correspondent for Mrs. Roosevelt.

Letter from Eleanor Roosevelt to Cecil Peterson Letter from Cecil Peterson to Eleanor Roosevelt CLICK on the link below to view all of their correspondence.

Eleanor Roosevelt is pictured below with Civil Rights Leader A. Philips Randolph, who is acknowledged as the greatest Black labor leader in American History. He was inducted into the United States Department of Labor Hall of Fame.

Eleanor Roosevelt was the first woman to write a syndicated column in an American newspaper. The column began and originally was syndicated by the United Features Syndicate. By 1938 her United Features Syndicated column appeared in 62 newspapers 6 days a week until September 26, 1962.

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