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Ralph G. Neas (born May 17, 1946) is an American civil rights activist and executive. He is best known for directing a series of national campaigns to strengthen and protect civil rights laws during the Reagan and Bush presidencies.[1][2][3][4][5][6] He is also known for chairing the national coalition that helped defeat the U.S. Supreme Court nomination of Robert Bork.[7][8][9][3]
Neas served as executive director of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights;[10] president and CEO of People For the American Way (PFAW)[11] and the PFAW Foundation; president and CEO of the National Coalition on Health Care;[12] and president and CEO of the Generic Pharmaceutical Association (GPhA).[13] He served for eight years as chief legislative assistant to Republican Senators Edward Brooke of Massachusetts and David Durenberger of Minnesota. He remained a member of the Republican Party until October 1996.[14]
- ^ Dorothy Height, "The Neas Years at the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights", 45th Anniversary Journal, May 3, 1995, inserted in the Congressional Record by, among others, Congressman Kweisi Mfume, former Chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus, E930, May 2, 1995
- ^ Special Otis Bowen Lecture on Comprehensive Health Care, Ralph Neas, March 26, 2009, the University of Notre Dame, inserted in the Congressional Record by Senator Edward Kennedy, May 5, 2009, S5122
- ^ a b Senator Edward Kennedy, Congressional Record, S5996, May 2, 1995, "Ralph Neas: the 101st Senator for Civil Rights"
- ^ Congressman Steny Hoyer, Congressional Record, E947, May 3, 1995, "Tribute to Ralph Neas and the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights"
- ^ Senator Carol Mosely Braun, Congressional Record, S6028, May 3, 1995, "The Neas Years"
- ^ Senator Bill Bradley, S6032, May 3, 1995, "Honoring Ralph Neas."
- ^ Mark Gitenstein, "Matters of Principle: An Insider's Account of America's Rejection of the nomination of Robert Bork to the Supreme Court", 1992
- ^ Ethan Bronner, "Battle For Justice": How the Bork Nomination Shook America", 1989
- ^ Michael Pertchuk, "The People Rising: The Campaign Against the Bork Nomination", 1989
- ^ "Congressional Record Senate Articles". www.congress.gov. Retrieved December 6, 2016.
- ^ "Statement of Ralph G. Neas President, People For the American Way on Judicial Nominations". People For the American Way. July 18, 2002. Retrieved September 26, 2020.
- ^ "Search for "ralph neas"". NCHC. Retrieved September 26, 2020.
- ^ New York Times (September 7, 2011). "Longtime Liberal Advocate to Lead Generic Drug Group". The New York Times. Retrieved January 24, 2013.
- ^ Ronald Brownstein, The Second Civil War, 2007