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"National Brotherhood Week" – race relations in the U.S.; specifically, a week-long program sponsored by the National Conference for Community and Justice (NCCJ) held generally during the third week of February from the 1940s through the 1980s. (Lehrer: "It's fun to eulogize the people you despise, as long as you don't let 'em in your school.")
Lehrer in Loomis School's 1943 yearbook. Thomas Andrew Lehrer was born on April 9, 1928, to a secular Jewish family and grew up on Manhattan's Upper East Side. [2] [3] He is the son of Morris James Lehrer (1897–1986) and Anna Lehrer (née Waller; 1905–1978) and older brother of Barry Waller Lehrer (1930–2007).
to which Lehrer responded: "Hey, no problem, as long as you don't fight for your religion." [ 13 ] In May 1967, a Putnam County, New York , schoolteacher used Lehrer's "Vatican Rag" and " National Brotherhood Week " as examples of modern satire for her seventh-grade class; the outcry was such that the school board banned the songs and censured ...
Pages in category "Songs written by Tom Lehrer" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. ... National Brotherhood Week (song) New Math (song) O.
The NCCJ promoted a "National Brotherhood Day" in the 1930s, expanding to Brotherhood Week starting in 1936 with President Franklin D. Roosevelt named honorary chairman. [2] In 1944 the week included extensive radio programming, military and USO participation, and an "education program of nationwide scope" aimed at "extending good will and ...
Fontaine received mention in satirist Tom Lehrer's 1965 song "National Brotherhood Week", from the album That Was the Year That Was. [citation needed] In the live show, Lehrer mentioned National Make-Fun-of-the-Handicapped Week, "Which Frank Fontaine and Jerry Lewis are in charge of, as you know".
Trump hints that he’s open to Richard Grenell, Robert O’Brien and Tom Cotton for national security roles. Ryan King. October 7, 2024 at 1:34 PM. ... Week 17 clinched spots, division winners ...
Tom Lehrer mentions her in his song "National Brotherhood Week" in the line "Lena Horne and Sheriff Clark are dancing cheek to cheek" referring (wryly) to her and to Sheriff Jim Clark, of Selma, Alabama, who was responsible for a violent attack on civil rights marchers in 1965