LC control no. | n 78095516 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Corporate name heading | National Conference of Christians and Jews |
Variant(s) | NCCJ National Conference of Christians & Jews |
See also | National Conference of Jews and Christians (U.S.) National Conference for Community and Justice |
Biography/History note | Name changed Nov. 28, 1938 to National Conference of Christians & Jews |
Beginning date | 1927 |
Found in | Lasker, B. Religious liberty and mutual understanding, 1932. Neuhaus, R.J. Pluralism and paralysis in American society, c1984: p. 1 of cover (NCCJ) NUCMC data from Univ. Wash. Lib. for Levine, R.H. Papers, 1963-1975 (National Conference of Christians and Jews; formerly National Conference of Jews and Christians) Intergroup relations in the United States, 1998: t.p. (National Conference for Community and Justice) p. 16 (NCCJ; formerly the National Conference of Christians and Jews) LC database, June 8, 2009 (hdg. and usage: National Conference of Christians & Jews Natl. Conf. for Comm. and Justice WWW, Apr. 21, 2010 (The National Conference for Community and Justice (NCCJ) was founded in 1927 as the National Conference for Christians and Jews, in response to anti-Catholic sentiment being expressed during the Presidential campaign. Its founders dedicated the organization to bringing diverse people together to address interfaith divisions, race relations, and social and economic barriers among persons of different faiths, cultures and ethnicities. In the 1990s, the name was changed to the National Conference for Community and Justice to better reflect the breadth and depth of its mission, the growing diversity of our country and a need to be more inclusive) |