Representatives of the Workmen’s Circle attend the funeral and the organization contributes to the Evers children’s education fund.

Two train cars of Workmen’s Circle members join the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in the fight for “Equal Rights Now.”

The Workmen’s Circle honors James Farmer, co-founder of Congress of Racial Equity (CORE) and organizer of the Freedom Rides, in prison in Louisiana for leading a voter registration campaign.

The Workmen’s Circle National Executive Committee approves a resolution to make the “liberalization of immigration laws” the project of the year for all its branches.

President Eisenhower praises the Workmen’s Circle for its efforts to “advance human welfare.”

The Workmen’s Circle presents the award to Thurgood Marshall and Charles S. Zimmerman.

The Workmen’s Circle adopts a resolution against school segregation.

The Sanatorium shuts down after 20 years serving members with tuberculosis.

The Workmen’s Circle rigorously supports civil rights for all and the abolition of segregation and discrimination, calling out discriminatory practices by unions, the military and more.

The Workmen’s Circle fervently opposes both McCarthyism and Communism.

At the Convention, ILGWU President David Dubinsky hails the Workmen’s Circle as both organizations turn 50: “We were born together. We struggled together. We go on hoping together.” The Workmen’s Circle congratulates Abraham Cahan, Editor-in-Chief of the Forward, on his 90th birthday.

The Workmen’s Circle supports the establishment of the State of Israel for the Jewish people.

The Workmen’s Circle decries the restrictions placed on union activism.

The Workmen’s Circle publishes reports on the almost total destruction of Jewish communities throughout Europe and the Soviet Union, and on the plight of Jewish Displaced Persons; urges opening U.S. gates to refugees, and raises funds for the needs of surviving Jews.

The Workmen’s Circle articulates the hope that a united world that battled against Fascism and Nazism will endure and be the impetus for Socialist and labor movements everywhere to radically change inequitable social systems and help build a lasting peace.

Beginning in April 1944, Workmen’s Circle members established an annual program to commemorate the agony and the resistance of the Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto.

The Workmen’s Circle vigorously supports the war effort, denouncing atrocities being waged against the Jewish people, holding war bond drives, championing members in military service and advocating against immigration quotas.