1898 - 1950
Joseph Gelders American Activist
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| Birthday |
20th November, 1898
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| Birthplace |
Birmingham, Alabama, US
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| Died |
1st March, 1950
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| Zodiac Sign |
Scorpio
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| Nationality |
American
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| Occupation Text |
Physicist, antiracist, civil rights activist, labor organizer, communist
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| Occupation |
Activist
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Joseph Sidney Gelders (November 20, 1898 – March 1, 1950) was an American physicist who later became an antiracist, civil rights activist, labor organizer, and communist. In the mid-1930s, he served as the secretary and southern-U.S. representative of the National Committee for the Defense of Political Prisoners. In September 1936, Gelders was kidnapped, beaten, and nearly killed by members of the Ku Klux Klan for his civil rights and labor organizing activities. After his recovery, Gelders continued his activism and cofounded the Southern Conference for Human Welfare and the National Committee to Abolish the Poll Tax. He collaborated closely with other activists including Lucy Randolph Mason and Virginia Foster Durr. Internal injuries sustained during his kidnapping and assault led to Gelders' death on March 1, 1950.
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