Harry Golden

Harry Golden (né Harry Goldhirsch) (May 6, 1902–October 2, 1981) was born in the Jewish ghetto in what is now Mikulintsy, Ukraine, then part of Austria-Hungary. He became a writer and newspaper publisher in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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May 6 - 1902 - October 2 - 1981 - Jewish - Ghetto - Mikulintsy - Ukraine - Austria-Hungary - Charlotte, North Carolina

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In 1904 his father, Leib Goldhirsch, emigrated to Winnipeg, only to move the family to New York City the next year. Harry became a stockbroker but lost his job in the 1929 crash. Convicted of mail fraud, Golden served five years in a Federal prison at Atlanta, Georgia. In 1941, he moved to Charlotte, where he wrote about, and spoke out against, racial segregation and the Jim Crow laws of the time as a reporter for the Charlotte Labor Journal and The Charlotte Observer. From 1942 to 1968, Golden published The Carolina Israelite as a forum, not just for his political views (including his satirical "Vertical Negro plan"), but also observations and reminisces of his boyhood in New York's Lower East Side. He traveled broadly: in 1960 to speak to Jews in West Germany and again to cover the 1961 trial of Adolf Eichmann in Israel for Life. In 1974, he received a presidential pardon from Richard Nixon.

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1904 - Winnipeg - New York City - Stockbroker - 1929 - Crash - Fraud - Atlanta, Georgia - 1941 - Segregation - Jim Crow law - 1942 - 1968 - Carolina Israelite - Satirical - Vertical Negro plan - Lower East Side - 1960 - West Germany - 1961 - Adolf Eichmann - Israel - Life - 1974 - Pardon - Richard Nixon

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His books include three collections of essays from the Israelite and a biography of his friend, poet Carl Sandburg. One of those collections, Only in America, was the basis for a play by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee. He also maintained a correspondence with Billy Graham.

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Carl Sandburg - Jerome Lawrence - Robert E. Lee - Billy Graham

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