Author Tom Lowenstein met Philadelphia death row inmate Walter Ogrod in 2001, planning to write a book about the death penalty. Instead, the son of slain liberal icon Allard Lowenstein has spent 16 ...

"Trying to identify him with one word or two is impossible," says one reporter who has followed Allard K. Lowenstein for a long time. "New York lawyer? Well, he was born there and lives there now, but ...

Last October and November civil rights groups in Mississippi conducted one of their most ambitious efforts to date, when they ran Aaron Henry, president of the state NAACP organization, for governor.

In 1967, an unknown 38-year-old civil rights activist from New York took it upon himself to change the world, and then he did. Allard Lowenstein, a Yale-educated lawyer who had steadfastly avoided ...

Chronicles the life of Allard K. Lowenstein, the political activist and Congressman known for his tireless anti-war and civil rights activism.

Kate’s father, Allard Lowenstein was murdered in 1980. Kate is a nationally recognized victims rights attorney and juvenile justice advocate. In 2004, Kate co-wrote amicus curiae briefs on behalf of ...