- Director, WPA Federal Writers’ Project. Despite attacks from HUAC, the Project published thousands of books and collected more than 10,000 oral histories from ex-slaves and immigrants.
- Foreign correspondent covering the Russian revolution.
- Leader for over a decade in the struggle to save Jewish pogrom survivors in Eastern Europe. Alsberg adapted The Dybbuk for English speaking audiences.
- Human rights champion initiating the first major effort to aid international political prisoners.
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The Man Who Wrote America: Henry Alsberg, Social Justice Pioneer 