Leonard Zeskind

Leonard Zeskind is an American human rights activist. He is president of the Institute for Research and Education of Human Rights (IREHR).[1] For thirteen years prior concentration on human rights, he worked in industry.

Leonard Zeskind
Born1950 (age 71–72)
NationalityAmerican
OccupationJournalist
Human rights activist

Since 1982, he has been a community activist and human rights advocate. He is known for his research into extreme right, racist, and anti-Semitic organizations in the United States. The Institute for Research and Education of Human Rights served as a resource about such groups and their members when information about them rose dramatically following the storming of the capitol of the United States on January 6, 2021.[2]

He is a lifetime member of the NAACP. He also has served on the board of directors of the Petra Foundation and the Kansas City Jewish Community Relations Bureau.

Awards

Works
  • "Racism, Anti-Semitism and the Murder of Dr. Tiller". The Huffington Post. June 2, 2009. Retrieved July 25, 2014.
  • Blood and Politics: The History of White Nationalism from the Margins to the Mainstream, Macmillan, 2009, ISBN 978-0-374-10903-5

References
  1. Staff & Board. Irehr.org (2009-09-18). Retrieved on 2010-10-23.
  2. Wilson, Jason, US militia group draws members from military and police, website leak shows, The Guardian, Wednesday, March 3, 2021
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