Richard Lashof
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Support for peace movement
In 1962 Prof. and Mrs Richard Lashof served[1]on the Advisory Council of the Hyde Park Community Peace Centre, with Sidney Lens and Quentin Young.
Chicago Committee to Defend the Bill of Rights
In November 1967, Richard Lashof signed a Chicago Committee to Defend the Bill of Rights advertisement in the Hyde Park-Kenwood Voices opposing efforts by Senator Dirksen to re-institute the McCarran Subversive Activities Control Act of 1950.[2]
"Who Asked You" Election Advertisement
In April 1968, Richard Lashof signed an Advertisement in the Hyde Park-Kenwood Voices as a committee member of an as yet un-named organization led by Ruth Adams, Timuel Black, Rev. E. Spencer Parsons, Al Verri and Rabbi Jacob Weinstein asking the question, "What can you do to get a real choice for president in 1968?"[3]