Henry Spira papers, 1906-2002

Biographical Note

Henry Spira
Date	Event
1927 June 19	Born, Antwerp, Belgium
1939	Immigrated with family to Panama
1940	Immigrated with family to the United States
1945-1952	Seaman, United States Merchant Marines. Blacklisted from serving in 1952 as "inimical to the security of the United States government"
1952-1954	Private, United States Army, Troop Information and Education, Berlin, Germany
1950-1958	Attended Brooklyn College intermittently, New York, N.Y.
Circa 1955-circa 1964	Contributor, the Militant, the Socialist Workers Party newspaper
1955-1956	Line worker, General Motors automotive assembly plant, Linden, N.J.
1958	B.A., Brooklyn College, New York, N.Y.
1959-1966	Seaman, United States Merchant Marines. Removed from blacklist in 1959.
Circa 1964-1972	Editor and contributor, The Call for Union Democracy, National Maritime Union of America
1966-1982	English teacher, Haaren High School, New York, N.Y.
1968	M.A., City College of New York, New York, N.Y.
1974	Attended Peter Singer's course "Animal Liberation," New York University, New York, N.Y. Founded Animal Rights International
1974-1998	Coordinator, Animal Rights International
1998 Sept. 12	Died, New York, N.Y.

Chronology of Animal Rights International Campaigns
Date	Event
1975-1977	Campaign against the American Museum of Natural History's experimentation on cats, New York, N.Y.
1977-1979	Campaign against Amnesty International's experimentation on pigs
1978	Coalition to Stop Draize Rabbit Blinding Tests; ongoing campaign
1978	Coalition to Abolish Classroom Dissection; ongoing campaign
1978-1979	Coalition to Abolish the Metcalf Hatch Act, New York State
1981	Coalition to Abolish the LD50
1987	Coalition to Abolish Veal Crating; ongoing campaign
1987-circa 1993	Campaign against Perdue Farms
1993	Coalition for Non-Violent Food; ongoing campaign
1993-1994	Campaign against the United States Department of Agriculture's practice of face branding Mexican cattle