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Michael Dukakis Asks Obama to Exonerate Ethel Rosenberg
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Rosenberg was executed with her husband in 1953, but mounting evidence indicates she was not a Soviet spy.
How The Feds Executed My Parents: Michael Meeropol, Son of The Rosenbergs
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Dec 9, 2016 - "We speak this week to Michael Meeropol, whose parents, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, were executed by the US government in 1953. We talk about his efforts to clear his mother's name and… Read More
Sons of Ethel Rosenberg Visit White House Dec 1, 2016
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Michael and Robert Meeropol, the sons of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, visited the White House on Dec 1, 2016, to deliver their petition asking President Obama to exonerate their mother, signed by over… Read More
Ethel Rosenberg's sons plead with Obama to exonerate mom in spy case
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Last Updated Dec 1, 2016 5:04 PM EST
Sons of Ethel Rosenberg plead with Obama to exonerate mother
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BY ERIC TUCKER AND JOSH LEDERMAN
ASSOCIATED PRESS
December 1, 2016
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The sons of convicted spy Ethel Rosenberg returned to the White House on Thursday, more than 50 years after… Read More
Sons of executed spies Julius and Ethel Rosenberg ask Obama to exonerate their mother
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By Joe Heim December 1 at 5:25 PM
Sons of convicted communist spy Ethel Rosenberg ask Obama to exonerate her
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By Allison Malloy, CNN
Updated 4:14 PM ET, Thu December 1, 2016
Washington (CNN)The sons of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, two convicted communist spies who were sentenced to death during the Cold War… Read More
Ethel Rosenberg’s Sons Ask White House For Posthumous Exoneration
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December 1, 2016
By Karen Brown
Sons of Ethel Rosenberg urge Barack Obama to clear their mother of spying before Donald Trump enters White House
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By David Millward, Easthampton, Massachusetts
30 NOVEMBER 2016 • 9:58PM
The sons of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, who were sent to the electric chair after being convicted of passing atomic… Read More
Call these politicians, help us Exonerate Ethel
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On Thursday, December 1st, my father and uncle will travel to the White House to make a public plea to President Obama to exonerate my grandmother, Ethel Rosenberg, and to deliver our petition with… Read More
Meeropol brothers to seek presidential exoneration for Ethel Rosenberg at White House gates
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By Mary SerrezeNovember 28, 2016
Two men orphaned in a high-profile Cold War espionage case will appear outside the White House on Thursday to deliver a letter and packet of documents to President… Read More
Ethel Rosenberg's Son Discusses Mother's Case on Boston Public Radio
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November 2, 2016To listen to Robert Meeropol discuss the effort to exonerate his mother, Ethel Rosenberg, scroll to the the 1:21 mark in the podcast at the link above.
Exploring the Campaign to #ExonerateEthel Rosenberg
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Posted on October 27, 2016 by Monte
Rosenberg Fund for Children founder (and younger son of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg) Robert Meeropol and RFC Executive Director Jenn Meeropol on the campaign to… Read More
Julius & Ethel Rosenberg's Son On Why He's Trying To Get His Mother Exonerated
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October 26, 2016
Obama Should Exonerate Ethel Rosenberg, a Victim of Red Scare Repression
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10/25/16, Jeremy Kuzmarov
Along with the Haymarket and Sacco and Vanzetti trials, the execution of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg during the McCarthy-era stands as among the gravest miscarriages of… Read More
In new twist in Rosenberg spy saga, sons seek mother’s exoneration
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By Laurie Loisel Globe Correspondent October 19, 2016
EASTHAMPTON – The decades-long saga of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, executed in 1953 on charges of being Soviet spies, is taking a new turn… Read More
The Brothers Rosenberg
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Julius and Ethel Rosenberg's sons tell Anderson Cooper how it felt to be the children of the infamous spies, in a story that sheds new light on a central event of the Cold War
October 16, 2016… Read More
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