Vito Marcantonio
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Vito Anthony Marcantonio was an American lawyer and politician who served as the socialist leader of East Harlem for seven terms in the United States House of Representatives.
From 1949's Pictorial Directory of the 81st Congress
Henry Wallace and Paul Robeson flank Marcantonio just before an American Labor Party rally at Madison Square Garden, 1949
Joseph R. Brodsky
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Joseph R. Brodsky, often known as Joseph Brodsky and Joe Brodsky, was an early 20th-century American civil rights lawyer, political activist, general counsel of the International Labor Defense (ILD), co-founder of the International Juridical Association (IJA), member of ILD defense team for members of the Scottsboro Boys Case of the 1930s, and general counsel for the International Workers Order (IWO).
Symbol of International Red Aid, used during 10th Anniversary (1932)
Lee Pressman was an early IJA member with Brodsky
Pete Seeger (here, entertaining Eleanor Roosevelt in 1944) made Brodsky attorney for People's Songs.