__NOTOC__ Leonard Zeskind is an American

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activist. He is president of the Institute for Research and Education of Human Rights (IREHR). For thirteen years prior concentration on human rights, he worked in industry. Since 1982, he has been a community activist and human rights advocate. He is known for his research into

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, racist, and anti-Semitic organizations in the

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. The Institute for Research and Education of Human Rights served as a resource about such groups and their members when information about them rose dramatically following the storming of the capitol of the United States on January 6, 2021.Wilson, Jason,
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, Wednesday, March 3, 2021 He is a lifetime member of the NAACP. He also has served on the board of directors of the Petra Foundation and the Kansas City Jewish Community Relations Bureau. Zeskind wrote the book entitled Blood and Politics.

Awards

* 1998 MacArthur Fellows Program * 1992 Petra Foundation Fellowship

Works

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''Blood and Politics: The History of White Nationalism from the Margins to the Mainstream''
Macmillan, 2009,

References

External links

Author's website"Leonard Zeskind: Blood and Politics"
''Open Source Audio''
"Right-Wing Extremism Expert Leonard Zeskind Analyzes the Movement That Nurtures Shooters Like Von Brunn and Roeder"
''Buzzflash'', 06/11/2009

''Everyday Citizen'', Stuart Elliott, March 19, 2008

Leonard talks with Bob DiCello on the legal news talk radio program, Real Law Radio, about the infiltration of the Tea Party Movement by white supremacists (Podcasts/Saturday March 27, 2010). {{DEFAULTSORT:Zeskind, Leonard American human rights activists American male journalists Living people 1950 births MacArthur Fellows Jewish American community activists 20th-century American journalists 21st-century American non-fiction writers 21st-century American male writers 21st-century American Jews