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Saul Alinsky was an American community organizer and writer. He is best known for his 1971 book Rules for Radicals. Alinsky's organizing skills were focused on improving the living conditions of poor communities across the United States. He is often noted for his 1971 book Rules for Radicals. Alinsky was born in Chicago, Illinois, to Russian Jewish immigrant parents. He attended the University of Chicago, where he earned a Bachelor of Philosophy degree in 1930. He then went on to study criminology and sociology at the University of Chicago and the University of California, Berkeley. Alinsky's career as a community organizer began in the 1930s, when he worked with the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) to organize workers in the Chicago area. He later worked with the Industrial Areas Foundation (IAF), a non-profit organization he founded in 1940. Through the IAF, Alinsky worked to organize communities in Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, and other cities. Alinsky's work as a community organizer was influential in the civil rights movement of the 1960s. He was an advisor to Martin Luther King Jr. and other civil rights leaders. Alinsky's book Rules for Radicals, published in 1971, was a guide for activists and organizers. Alinsky died in 1972 at the age of 63. He was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2012.

Popular As Saul David Alinsky
Occupation actor
Age 63 years old
Zodiac Sign Aquarius
Born 30 January, 1909
Birthday 30 January
Birthplace Chicago, Illinois, USA
Date of death 12 June, 1972
Died Place Carmel, California, USA
Nationality United States

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Who Is Saul Alinsky's Husband?

Her husband is Irene McGinnis (1971 - 12 June 1972) ( his death), Jean Graham (1952 - 1969) ( divorced), Helene Simon (9 June 1932 - 1947) ( her death) ( 2 children)

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Husband Irene McGinnis (1971 - 12 June 1972) ( his death), Jean Graham (1952 - 1969) ( divorced), Helene Simon (9 June 1932 - 1947) ( her death) ( 2 children)
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1998

Subject of Herb Schapiro's play "The Love Song of Saul Alinsky", produced in Chicago in 1998 by Terrapin Theatre, directed by Pam Dickler and with Gary Houston as Alinsky.

1969

In 1969, while a political science major at Wellesley College, Hillary Clinton chose to write her senior thesis on Alinsky's work, with Alinsky himself contributing his own time to help her. Years later, when she became First Lady, Wellesley College did not make her senior thesis publicly available, because of a White House request.

1909

Saul Alinsky was born on January 30, 1909 in Chicago, Illinois, USA as Saul David Alinsky. He was married to Irene McGinnis, Jean Graham and Helene Simon.