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Irving Brown

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American labor leader (1911-1989)

United StatesPoliticiansLived 1911 to 1989 · aged 77
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Irving Brown was an American trade unionist and leader in the American Federation of Labor (AFL) and subsequently the AFL-CIO. Brown played a prominent role in Western Europe and Africa during the Cold War in splintering communist-led labor movements.

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1988Presidential Medal of Freedom

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Irving Brown was an American trade unionist and leader in the American Federation of Labor (AFL) and subsequently the AFL-CIO. Brown played a prominent role in Western Europe and Africa during the Cold War in splintering communist-led labor movements. Along with expelled former Communist Party of the USA member Jay Lovestone, he founded the American Institute for Free Labor Development in 1962.

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United States
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Politicians
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Politician
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deceased
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Lived 1911 to 1989 · aged 77
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