The Eugene V. Debs Foundation is a non-profit educational foundation, founded in 1962 "to own, maintain and operate the

Eugene V. Debs Home The Eugene V. Debs House, on the campus of Indiana State University in Terre Haute, Indiana, was a home of union leader Eugene V. Debs. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1966. and The museum is maintained by the Eugene V. Debs ...

in order to be a memorial to Eugene V. Debs and Theodore Debs". The foundation's president is Noel Beasley. In 1964, Debs' residence became a museum owned by the foundation. It was opened as a museum by the foundation in 1965, and the foundation "has carefully restored the interior and acquired many of the memorabilia and furniture of Gene Debs and his wife, Kate." The house became a National Historic Landmark in 1966.

Eugene V. Debs Award

Beginning in 1965, the Foundation began to honor people and organizations with its annual award, the Eugene V. Debs Award. The award is dedicated to those "keeping alive the spirit of progressivism, humanitarianism and social criticism epitomized by Debs." Honorees have included labor leaders and social justice activists, including

Jesse Jackson Jesse Louis Jackson ( né Burns; born October 8, 1941) is an American political activist, Baptist minister, and politician. He was a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1984 and 1988 and served as a shadow U.S. senato ...

Dolores Huerta Dolores Clara Fernández Huerta (born April 10, 1930) is an American labor leader and civil rights activist who, with Cesar Chavez, is a co-founder of the National Farmworkers Association, which later merged with the Agricultural Workers Organi ...

Howard Zinn Howard Zinn (August 24, 1922January 27, 2010) was an American historian, playwright, philosopher, socialist thinker and World War II veteran. He was chair of the history and social sciences department at Spelman College, and a political sc ...

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Eliseo Medina Eliseo Vasquez Medina (born January 24, 1946) is a Mexican-American labor union activist and leader, and advocate for immigration reform in the United States. From 1973 to 1978, he was a board member of the United Farm Workers.Levy, 2007, p. 514; G ...

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