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attending both Erasmus High School and Brooklyn College. He transferred as an under graduate to Howard University making him one of the every few White students to attend the historically Black college. There he was a member of the Non-Violent Action Committee along with Stokely Carmichael. &#13;
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 He eventually became a labor leader as the executive director of the League of Industrial Democrats where he worked closely with Michael Harrington, author of 'The Other America: Poverty in the United States.' Kahn also worked closely with Harrington as a member of the Social Democrats, USA. &#13;
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  Kahn became the International Affairs Director of the AFL-CIO before he died at age 53 of AIDS.&#13;
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 *Horowitz, Rachelle. Tom Kahn and the Fight for Democracy: A Political Portrait and Personal Recollection&#13;
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