Civil rights

Abstract Collection contains the papers of Max Lowenthal, alumnus of the University of Minnesota. A successful attorney who devoted his life to public service, Lowenthal served as counsel to a series of government committees in the 1930s and 1940s. Lowenthal may be best known for his work with the National Committee on Law Observance and Enforcement (the Wickersham Commission), the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, and the Interstate Commerce Commission. His second book, ...