Aaron Sapiro

Aaron Leland Sapiro (February 5, 1884 – November 23, 1959)[1] was a Jewish American cooperative activist, lawyer and major leader of the farmers' movement during the 1920s.

Despite this, he was able to obtain a law degree and gain a position on the California markets board staff, where he became acquainted with the concepts of agricultural cooperation for the first time.

[7] While not on his promotional travels, he worked extensively as a lawyer in both Chicago and San Francisco where, in April 1924, he became outraged with remarks made by Henry Ford in his book and newspaper series The International Jew.

[5] Many prominent Jewish professionals were cited, including Bernard Baruch, Albert Lasker, Eugene Meyer, Otto Kahn and Julius Rosenwald, but the chapter was primarily directed at the influence of Sapiro.

As the trial unfolded and combatants of the perceived antisemitism in California participated in court proceedings, Ford secretly commissioned the constitutional lawyer and Jewish activist Louis Marshall to write his apology for his remarks.