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Reviewed on April 1, 2011
Norman Thomas, though almost forgotten today, ran for President six times as a Socialist. A Presbyterian minister by lineage and education, he shared a strict Protestant, moral upbringing and a Princeton education with his three brothers. When World War I broke out, one brother, Evan, was imprisoned for pacificism. Two, Ralph and Arthur, joined the army. Norman left his ministry in New York's East Harlem and became a fig...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
on onApril 1, 2011 | LJXpress
Norman Thomas, though almost forgotten today, ran for President six times as a Socialist. A Presbyterian minister by lineage and education, he shared a strict Protestant, moral upbringing and a Princeton education with his three brothers. When World War I broke out, one brother, Evan, was imprisoned for pacificism. Two, Ralph and Arthur, joined the army. Norman left his ministry in New York's East Harlem and became a fig...Log In or Sign Up to Read More