1920
Jan 2

Red Scare: The Second and Larger “Palmer Raids” Brings Massive Violations of Civil Liberties

Jan 11

German Officials Slander African-American Troops

Jan 16

Prohibition Begins – Civil Liberties Abuses Follow

Jan 19

ACLU Founded – Fight For Civil Liberties Begins

Jan 22

Civil Liberties Bureau: WWI Conscientious Objectors Tortured in Military Prison

Jan 28

Five Episcopal Bishops Denounce Repressive “Red Scare” Measures

Feb 14

League of Women Voters Founded

Feb 29

Fiorello La Guardia, NYC Alderman, Sharply Criticizes “Red Scare”

Mar 23

Passaic, NJ, Police Disrupt Reading of New Jersey Constitution

Apr 1

Red Scare in New York: Legislature Expels Socialist Party Members

Apr 15

Congressman Calls for Impeachment of Secretary of Labor for Not Deportating Radicals

Apr 24

“Revolutionary Radicalism” Report Slurs Pacifists, Civil Libertarians, Liberals

May 5

Sacco and Vanzetti Arrested: Famous Controversial Case Begins

May 22

Henry Ford’s Newspaper Publishes Notorious Forged Anti-Semitic Document

May 25

You Can’t Teach German in Nebraska!

May 28

Prominent Lawyers Issue Report Condemning Palmer Raids

Jun 2

President Wilson Signs Smith-Fess Act; Early Disability Rights Victory

Jun 5

Women’s Bureau is Created

Jul 27

Vice Presidential Nominee Calvin Coolidge: Sedition Must Be Repressed

Jul 28

Women May Wear One-Piece Swimsuits on Long Island, NY

Aug 18

Women Get the Vote – 19th Amendment Ratified

Sep 13

NAACP Leaders Have “Cordial” Meeting the GOP Presidential Candidate Harding

Oct 12

ACLU Leader Arrested for Speaking from Her Car

Oct 12

Arrested for Reading the Constitution

Nov 2

Women Vote For First Time in Federal Elections

Dec 6

Pennsylvania Bans Films Glorifying Crime, Criminals

Dec 13

Brandies Dissents as Supreme Court Upholds Minnesota Conviction of Anti-War Leader

1920

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