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In 1934, the National Conference for Christians and Jews - a real organization founded in 1927 and dedicated to "bringing diverse people together to address interfaith divisions - came up with the idea for National Brotherhood Week. In an official declaration proclaiming "Brotherhood Week," President Franklin Delano Roosevelt wrote "We are fighting for the right of men to live together as members of one family rather than as masters and slaves. We are fighting that the spirit of brotherhood which we prize in this country may be practiced here and by free men everywhere." This all brings us to Tom Lehrer. Lehrer...
- 2/22/2016
- by Alex Heigl, @alex_heigl
- PEOPLE.com
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