How the Anti-Defamation League came to be
The Anti-Defamation League or ADL is an advocacy organization that started in Chicago in 1913. Its main goal is to fight against antisemitism targeted at American Jews and discrimination against other persecuted peoples. It was originally named Anti-Defamation League of B’nai B’rith, but later ADL split from B’nai B’rith and established its headquarters in New …