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All pages in the online exhibit related to major themes or events in the life of Jacob K. Javits, in chronological order:
1900-1910
Birth and Early Years
1911-1920
Family Life (1911-1920)
Education
1921-1930
Attended Law School
Law Practice
1931-1940
Early Political Activities
1941-1950
Military Service
Entered Politics
Elected Member 80th to 83rd Congresses, 21st New York District
Worked on Veterans Housing Bill
Married Marian Ann Borris
Legislation Sponsorship: 1941-1950
Re-elected to Congress
Opposed the House Un-American Activities Committee
Served on the Foreign Affairs Committee (House)
1951-1960
Supported Presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower
Re-elected to Congress: 1951-1960
Sponsored Anti-Segregation Legislation
Elected Attorney General of New York
Served As Attorney General of New York
Family Life (1951-1960)
Campaigned for United States Senate from New York
Elected to the United States Senate representing the State of New York (1957-1981)
Campaigned in Senate for passage of Civil Rights Act of 1957
Service on North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Discussed United States-Israel Relations
Member of New York City law firm Javits, Trubin, Sillcocks, Edelman, and Purcell (1958-1971)
Discussed Early Political Positions
Legislation Sponsorship of 1964 World's Fair in New York
Published "Discrimination U.S.A." (New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1960)
1961-1970
Campaigned for Re-election
Legislation Sponsorship of Medical Education Bill
Participated at the March on Washington, DC in 1963
Published "Order of Battle" (New York: Atheneum, 1964)
Sponsored Legislation of Civil Rights Act of 1964
Led Founding of the National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities
Appointed the United States Senate's First African American page (1965)
Met with Robert Kennedy
Vietnam War
Discussed Civil Rights Bill, NATO, and Vietnam
Legislation Sponsorship: 1961-1970
Discussed Voting, Vietnam, and Martin Luther King
Re-elected to United States Senate
Served on Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Sponsored Construction Safety Bill
Travelled to Israel
Legislation Sponsorship of the Arts
Delegate to the United Nations General Assembly
1971-1980
Appointed Chairman of Committee of Nine (established by North Atlantic Assembly)
Served on National Commission on Marijuana and Drug Abuse
Appointed United States Senate's first female page
Interviewed and Filmed in Numerous Television News Programs
Spoke about Nixon, Desegregation, and Pension Reform, and Watergate, and Abortion
Published "Who Makes War"
Vetoed War Powers Resolution
Met with celebrity artists and performers
Received Honors and Recognition
U.S. President Nixon Resignation
Led Pension Reform Act (ERISA)
Campaigned for Re-election
Traveled to Egypt
Co-sponsored Age Discrimination in Employment amendments
Supported Equal Rights
Received the John Dewey Award
Participated in Review of Anti-Trust Laws
Met with U.S. President Jimmy Carter and Frank Church to discuss SALT (Strategic Arms Limitation Talks)
Established U.S. Senate Service Record
1981-1990
Final Primary Race
Published "Javits: The Autobiography of a Public Man ," 1981
Donated Personal Archive
Federal Building Naming in New York City
Media Coverage
Recipient of the National Conference of Christians and Jews Charles Evans Hughes Gold Medal Award (1983)
Dedication of the Jacob K. Javits Collection, State University of New York at Stony Brook, 1983.
Awarded Medal of Freedom
Dedication of the Jacob K. Javits Lecture Center at Stony Brook University
1904-1986
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