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On October 27, 1961, Martin Luther King Jr. addressed a group of students, faculty and members of the community at the McMillan Theatre (now the Miller Theatre) at the invitation of The Columbia Owl, a then-weekly publication of the School of General Studies.
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Slide 1: Our Lenin was illustrated by William Siegel. The book is based upon an illustrated story of Lenin’s life published in the Soviet Union in the 1920s under the title of Lenin for Children. Ruth Shaw and William Siegel made a free translation of the book and adapted it for American children. The story was partly fictionalized but adhered mainly to the events in the life of Lenin. New York: International Publishers, 1934. Image Courtesy of Bakhmeteff Archive of Russian and East European History and Culture
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Slide 2: Propaganda on Bolshevism. Image Courtesy of Rare Book and Manuscript Library
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Slide 3: Look magazine on February 4, 1947 featured an exclusive personal Interview with Stalin. The journalist and aviator Elliott Roosevelt asked Stalin 12 questions in the Kremlin on December 21, 1946. These, together with Stalin’s answers, were published in the American magazine Look and then broadcast by Moscow Radio. Image Courtesy of Bakhmeteff Archive of Russian and East European History and Culture
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Slide 4: Leon Trotsky (1879 – 1940) in Mexico, late 1930s. Image Courtesy of Bakhmeteff Archive of Russian and East European History and Culture
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Slide 5: Khrushchev with his kids in Moscow, 1959. Image Courtesy of The Harriman Institute
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Slide 6: In this cartoon, Khrushchev – borne aloft by Antoine Gizenga of Congo and Fidel Castro of Cuba – fires a hail of bullets at a United Nations desk, where Uncle Sam sits surprised. A shoe dangles from Khrushchev’s Thompson machine gun, recalling the Soviet leader’s “shoe-banging incident” at the UN on October 12, 1960. Image Courtesy of Bakhmeteff Archive of Russian and East European History and Culture
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Slide 7: Alexander Zemlianichenko won his second Pulitzer Prize for this photograph in 1997. With the latest polls giving him a large lead over Communist challenger Gennadii Ziuganov, Russian President Boris Yeltsin dances at a rock concert in Rostov. Image Courtesy of Pulitzer Prize Archive, Rare Book and Manuscript Library
The Rare Book and Manuscript Library is marking the centennial with an exhibition intended to both convey the dramatic events of 1917 and to show their continued relevance.
North Korea has accelerated its weapons-testing program, which includes intercontinental ballistic missiles that have the potential to reach U.S. territory.
Dear Historically Inclined,
Roosevelt’s New Deal “Brain Trust” included Columbia law professors Raymond Moley and Adolph Berle Jr. as well as economist Rexford Tugwell. When it came to naming a Cabinet, he chose Frances Perkins (GSAS’1910) as secretary of labor, the first female Cabinet member in U.S. history. She held the position throughout Roosevelt’s presidency, from 1933-1945, the longest tenure ever of a labor secretary.
In his 2014 book, Maximalist: America in the World from Truman to Obama, Stephen Sestanovich argued that since World War II U.S. policy makers have alternated between overdoing it and “underdoing” it.
David Dinkins, New York City’s 106th mayor and now a professor at Columbia University, celebrates his 90th birthday July 10 with a celebration at Gracie Mansion, the mayoral residence where he once lived. It will be hosted by the city’s current mayor, Bill de Blasio and First Lady Chirlane McCray, and attended by Columbia University President Lee C. Bollinger.
Sarah Cole and Fredrick Harris were appointed divisional deans in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Harris, professor of political science, is the new dean of social science, effective July 1.
Dear Seeking Intel,
In fact, William “Wild Bill” Donovan (CC’1905, LAW,’1908) is recognized as the “father of American intelligence” for his service in creating, and then leading, the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), the country’s first centralized spy agency. Columbia can boast of having played a central role in Donovan’s remarkable career.
