Civil and Political Involvement
Roger Abramson was an early activist in the American Civil Rights MovementTemplate:Cincinnati Enquirer, 9/17/63;Cincinnati Post & Times Star 5/1/68; Cincinnati Friends of S.N.N.C, 5/3/64; Personal Letter, Cong. John Conyers 10/27/65; Personal Letter Robert F. kennedy 10/6/66; Personal Letter Stephen Young 1230/63)=April 2008 and the Anti-Vietnam War movement. He was chairman of the Ohio Friends of SNCC, Life Membership Chairman of the NAACP, Ward Chairman, Precinct Captain and a member of the Steering and Executive Committee of the Ohio and Hamilton County Democratic Party. (A tribute to LBJ, 10/27/64) He was a Campaign Manager and part of the Executive Committees for various political campaigns, including Senator William F. Bowen, Governor Jack Gilligan and Special Events for Robert Kennedy in Ohio. In 2006 Roger Abramson was a candidate for Miami Beach City Commission.
In 2009, Roger Abramson received a Proclamation honoring his Birthday on January 13 as Roger Abramson Day in the City of Miami Beach. On January 18, 2010, Roger Abramson and his wife Diane were honored with a Lamplighters Award by the Chabad of Miami beach for their years of community service.
In 2001 Abramson created a Chanukah Menorah (2001–Present) made out of 10,000 to 15,000 sea shells that he had personally collected. The following year, he created the world's largest Spinning Dreidel (2003–Present) weighing over 2000 pounds and standing 14 feet tall, constructed from approximately 20,000 sea shells. Every year, these two sculptures are placed on Lincoln Road in Miami Beach during the holiday season and are viewed and photographed by thousands of residents and visitors. Roger Abramson was inducted into the Civil Rights Hall of Fame on October 13, 2011 at the Ohio State Capitol Building in Columbus, Ohio. (Miami Herald 10/25/2011, Cincinnati Herald, 10/27/2011, Newburyport Daily News 8/1/2011) Mr. Abramson was the 21st person inducted alongside many well known leaders including Pulitizer Winning Author, Tony Morrison, Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth, Co-founder of the Southern Christian Leadership Council and Senator William Bowen.
Abramson attended the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, University of Cincinnati, and Bowling Green University.
A Sampling of References==References== {the Seattle Times 12/192012 Miami Heald 10/25/2011 Miami Today 04/29/2010 Cincinnati Enquirer 10/27/1964 Cincinnati Herald 09/23/2011 Cincinnati Post Times Star 05/01/1968 Innaugural Invitation 01/20/1965 Village Voice 01/10/1963 Cincinnati Post 01/20/1966 Cincinnati Post 04/30/1965 Dayton Daily News 06/11/1968 City of Cincinnati Proclamation 10/02/1966 Cincinnate Enquirer 02/21/1966 Letter of Ref. US Congress,John Conyers 10/27/1965 Letter of Ref.Mayor Newburyport, Ma 05/24/1984 letter of Ref. Se, Robert Kennedy 10/06/1966 Cleveland Press 10/04/1969 The Scene 07/15/1971 Great Swam Erie 05/28/1971 Telegram 05/01/1972 The Observer 10/01/1971 Proclamation City of Miami Beach 01/13/2009 Miami Today 05/11/2011 The Scene 05/22/1972 Cleveland Press 05/22/1972 The Lynn Evening Item 05/10/1978 Newburyport daily News 02/07/1975 Letter of Ref. John Denver 05/01/1984 Letter of Ref Oak Ridge Boys 11/10/1983 Letter of Ref. Sen. Wm Bowen 08/05/1976 Miami Herald 01/11/2011 Amusement Business 09/22/1973 letter of Ref. Anthony Shriver 04/06/1973 Bay State Banner 07/04/1980 New York Times 04/16/1980 Miami Herald 10/28/1993 Miami Herald 01/12/1993 Letter of Ref. Stewart Udall 10/03/1994 Proclamation, State of Ohio 10/13/2011 Painesville news Herald 01/27/2012
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