Clarence Kailin
August 20, 2012
On this date in 1914, Clarence Kailin was born in
Madison, Wis. Kailin was a socialist activist who supported unions,
anti-racism efforts and social justice. When he was 22, in 1936, he
joined the Abraham Lincoln Brigade, a volunteer U.S. army which fought
fascism in the Spanish Civil War. He later founded a group that lobbied
to include African-American history in Madison schools in 1967 and was
ultimately successful. He trained radio operators during World War II
and worked as a photo technician at the UW–Madison department of
photography for almost 18 years. Kailin was the author of the textbook A Black Chronicle
(1974). He married Margaret Kailin, also nonreligious, in 1941 and they
had four children, four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. He
remained a socialist until his death in 2009.
Kailin’s parents were Jewish immigrants, but Kailin lost his faith and was a self-described atheist. D. 2009
Kailin’s parents were Jewish immigrants, but Kailin lost his faith and was a self-described atheist. D. 2009
“Science answers the questions I need to know, not faith.”
— The Isthmus, Jan. 5, 2001
Compiled by Sabrina Gaylor (FFRF)
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