ACLU Celebrates 100th Birthday !!
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on this day celebrated its 100th birthday.
To mark its birthday the ACLU, among other things, commission a set of essays related to significant events in its history. Read them all below.
Read Sam Walker’s essay on Baldwin and the origins of the ACLU
Read Susan Herman’s essay on Crystal Eastman’s life and work
Read Judy Kutulas’ essay on the often tense relations between the national ACLU and its California affiliates
Read Elaine Elinson and Stan Yogi’ essay on the ACLU’s internal fight over the Japanese-American tragedy in World War II
Read Robert Cottrell’s essay on Roger Baldwin and General MacArthur
Read Gara LaMarche’s essay on the ACLU people who cooperated with the FBI
Read Leigh Ann Wheeler’s essay on how the ACLU took on the abortion issue
Read former ACLU Legal Director Burt Neuborne’s first person account about his valiant effort to stop President Nixon’s bombing of Cambodia
Read Aryeh Neier’s account of the Willowbrook case
Read Steve Shapiro’s insider account of the ACLU’s response to 9/11