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Jul 1
1941
March on Washington Cancelled After FDR Issues EEO Order
1949
Ohio House of Reps. Supports 16 Year-Old African-American Girl, Victim of American Legion Discrimination
1952
Eason Monroe, Fired For Refusing to Sign Loyalty Oath, Becomes Head of ACLU of Southern California
1956
Report Condemns Blacklisting in Movies and Television
1961
New York Civil Liberties Union Fights NY “English Only” Voting Requirement
1970
New York Abortion-Reform Law Takes Effect
1975
David Saxon, Fired For Not Signing Loyalty Oath in 1950, Becomes President of University of California
1985
Pauli Murray, Civil Rights Pioneer, Feminist, Civil Libertarian, Dies
2000
Vermont Civil Union Law Takes Effect
2017
Norman Dorsen, Civil Liberties Giant, ACLU Leader, Dies
Jul 2
1908
Thurgood Marshall, Civil Rights Giant, is Born
1917
Civil Liberties Bureau to Defend Conscientious Objectors, Free Speech in World War I Crisis
1917
Huge East St. Louis Race Riot Erupts
1946
President Truman Signs Japanese-American Claims Act
1964
President Johnson Signs Historic 1964 Civil Rights Act
1965
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Established
1976
Supreme Court Upholds Constitutionality of the Death Penalty
1979
Supreme Court: No Parental Consent Needed for Abortion
Jul 3
1917
“Slacker Raids” Round Up Alleged Draft Evaders in WW I
1957
Memphis Bans Film “Island in the Sun” For Interracial Theme
1974
“Notorious” Publisher Samuel Roth Dies
1978
Supreme Court Bans Comedian George Carlin’s Seven Dirty Words
1981
First New York Times Article on HIV/AIDS
Jul 4
1776
Declaration of Independence !
1917
“Jails Are Waiting For Them” – New York Times Greets Civil Liberties Bureau
1919
Police Threats Cancel Civil Liberties Bureau Meeting at Carnegie Hall
1951
Cold War Reign of Fear: Madison, WI, Residents Afraid to Sign Petition with Excerpts from Declaration of Independence and Bill of Rights
1965
“Annual Reminder:” First in a Series of Annual Gay Rights Protests
1966
LBJ Signs Historic Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
1998
“Civil Liberties Line: Do Not Cross” – NYCLU Protests Mayor Giuliani’s Assault on Civil Liberties
Jul 5
1921
Garland Fund Established to Support Civil Liberties in 1920s
1935
Wagner Act: Labor Gains First Amendment Rights, Right to Organize
1947
Larry Doby Integrates American League in Baseball
1952
Loyalty Oath Required for Public Housing
1968
Congress Passes Flag Protection Act
1971
18-Year-Olds Finally Get the Right to Vote
1997
“The Tin Drum” Film Seized as “Obscene” in Oklahoma City
Jul 6
1916
Army Announces Press Censorship Plans in Case of War
1924
KKK Issue Sharply Divides Democratic Party Convention
1976
First Women Enroll at Annapolis
Jul 7
1917
Government Repression Hits Socialist Opponents of War
1917
Suppression of Dissent: “The Masses,” Anti-War Magazine, Held Non-Mailable
1924
Pacifists Denounce War Department Guilt-by-Association “Spider Web Chart”
1948
First Six Enlisted Women Sworn into the U.S. Navy
1976
First Women Cadets Enroll at West Point
1981
President Reagan Nominates Sandra Day O’Connor as First Woman For the Supreme Court
1986
Presidential Power Asserted: The Rise of Signing Statements
1987
Oliver North’s Iran-Contra Testimony Begins; Defends Violations of the Law
2012
Rep. Barney Frank Marries Longtime Partner
Jul 8
1928
Crystal Eastman, Civil Liberties Pioneer, Dies
1939
Jehovah’s Witnesses Parade in Manchester, NH – End in Supreme Court
1953
Eeek! A Virgin! The Film “The Moon is Blue” Premiers in New York
1970
Native-American Tribal Termination “Is Wrong” – President Nixon
1981
Women Golfers Unite! Women Challenge Ban on Mixed Foursomes on Long Island, NY
1986
Attorney General Meese Releases Porn Commission Report
Jul 9
1868
Fourteenth Amendment Ratified
1951
Author Dashiell Hammett Refuses to Provide Names of Contributors to Left-Wing Bail Fund
1953
Joe McCarthy Aide Attacks “Reds in Our Churches”
1959
Massachusetts Unveils Statue Honoring Mary Dyer, Executed for Being a Quaker in 1690
1974
Earl Warren, Chief Justice, Civil Liberties Giant, Dies
1977
Alice Paul, Force Behind Women’s Suffrage Amendment and Author of the Equal Rights Amendment, Dies
1978
Nazis Skip Skokie – Demonstrate in Chicago Instead
1985
Attorney General Ed Meese Launches “Original Intent” Crusade
2008
FISA Extension Act Expands Government Surveillance Powers
2014
NSA Spied on Muslim-Americans
Jul 10
1925
Historic Scopes Monkey Trial Begins
1955
E. Frederic Morrow Becomes First African-American Presidential Aide
1963
“Stall-in” Proposed as Civil Rights Protest for 1964 World’s Fair
1971
National Women’s Political Caucus Formed
1974
Mary McLeod Bethune Memorial Statue Dedicated
2009
Five Federal Inspectors General Criticize Bush Administration Terrorism Policies
2015
American Psychological Association Aided CIA/Military Torture Program
Jul 11
1905
Niagara Movement, Forerunner of NAACP, Founded
1951
Cicero, Illinois, Race Riot – Whites Protest Racial Integration
1954
Segregationist White Citizens’ Council Formed to Fight Integration
1958
Mildred and Richard Loving Rousted Out of Bed, Arrested For Being Married
1961
Maryland Apologizes to African Envoys Denied Service at Segregated Restaurants
1968
American Indian Movement (AIM) Founded
1969
Dr. Spock’s Conviction for Conspiracy to Oppose Vietnam War Draft Overturned
Jul 12
1917
Radical IWW Suppressed: 1,185 Workers Deported from Bisbee, Arizona
1929
Pacifist Dorothy Detzer, Denied Passport, Then Granted Waiver
1974
National Research Act Protects Human Research Subjects
1976
Barbara Jordan Delivers Fiery Keynote Address at Democratic Convention
1984
First Woman Vice Presidential Candidate: Geraldine Ferraro
Jul 13
1917
Activists Protest Post Office Censorship of Anti-War Publications
1919
WWI Over, But U.S. Still Prosecutes Draft Evaders
1940
Equal Rights Amendment Divides Women at Democratic Party Convention
1948
Groups Protest NYC Public Schools Ban on “The Nation” Magazine
1992
Roberta Achtenberg, First Openly Lesbian Woman to Address National Political Convention
2017
Dayton, TN, Erects Statue of Clarence Darrow, Attorney for John T. Scopes
Jul 14
1798
First Sedition Act Passed
1924
National Woman’s Party Announces Plan to Elect More Women to Congress
1934
Catholic Legion of Decency, Protestant Churches, Launch “Clean Film” Drive
1948
Democratic Party Convention Adopts Historic Civil Rights Plank
1948
Segregationist Dixiecrats Walk Out of Democratic Party Convention, Create States’ Rights Party
1953
Chicago Ban on Film “The Miracle” Overturned
1957
Fund for the Republic to Support Studies of Cold War Impact on Civil Liberties
1970
President Nixon Approves Huston Plan for Violations of Americans’ Rights
1975
FBI Director Admits to History of Illegal “Black Bag” (Burglary) Jobs
1977
House Creates Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
1979
Columbus, Ohio, Ordered to Desegregate its Jail, End Abusive Treatment
Jul 15
1930
“Revolutionary Age” Challenges Post Office Ban
1940
War Preparations Threaten Civil Liberties, Says ACLU
1957
Cecile Richards, Planned Parenthood Leader, 2006-2018, Born
1957
Daniel Seeger Claims CO Status – Begins Road to Supreme Court
1965
New York Abolishes Elite “Blue Ribbon” Juries
1977
CIA Director Admits Documents on Secret Drug Experiments Were Destroyed
Jul 16
1917
“War’s Heretics” – Norman Thomas Makes Historic Plea for the Value of Heresy, Dissent in a Democracy
1935
ACLU Condemns NYC Schools, Praises Police Commissioner
1936
Westchester County Continues Ban on Men’s Topless Swim Suits
1943
Attorney General Biddle Orders FBI to End Detention List – J. Edgar Hoover Ignores Order, Renames List
1944
Irene Morgan Arrested for Challenging Segregation on Interstate Buses: Supreme Court Case Lies Ahead
1964
Police Shooting Sparks Harlem Riot – Four Years of “Long Hot Summers” Begin
1973
Secret White House Taping System Revealed – Tapes Lead to Nixon’s Resignation
Jul 17
1939
NY Times Endorses American Bar Association Civil Liberties Committee
1945
Congress Refuses to Extend Committee on Fair Employment Practices
1946
President Truman Authorizes FBI Wiretapping
2014
“I Can’t Breathe:” Eric Garner Choked to Death by NYPD Police Officers
2020
John Lewis, Civil Right Icon and Respected Leader in Congress, Dies
Jul 18
1919
Party Held to Celebrate Roger Baldwin’s Release from Prison
1931
“Contraception” Not Obscene
1948
Meiklejohn: “Everything Worth Saying Should Be Said”
1949
Baseball Great Jackie Robinson Testifies Before HUAC
1969
President Nixon Discusses Population Issues, Endorses Family Planning
1975
Senator Church Calls CIA “Rogue Elephant”
2011
Paul Oetken Confirmed as First Openly Gay Man to be Federal Judge
Jul 19
1919
Race Riot Erupts in Washington, DC
1948
Canwell Committee Begins Hearings on Communism in Washington State
1958
1958 Wichita Sit-In Challenges Segregation
1966
FBI Admits (to itself) That “Black Bag” Jobs (Burglaries) Are Illegal
1984
Geraldine Ferraro Delivers Vice Presidential Acceptance Speech
1995
President Clinton on Affirmative Action: “Mend it, Don’t End It”
2010
Washington Post Begins “Top Secret America” Series
Jul 20
1925
Darrow Mercilessly Cross-Examines Bryan at Scopes Trial
1948
Communist Party Leaders Arrested – Test of Smith Act Ahead
1965
All in a Day’s Work: New York Repeals, Reinstates Sodomy Law on the Same Day
1965
New York Criminal Anarchy Law Repealed
1970
ATF Agents No Longer Allowed to Snoop on Libraries
1977
ACLU Faults President Carter’s Civil Liberties Record During His First Six Months
1987
Scopes Festival Launched in Dayton, Tennessee
2015
President Obama Normalizes U.S. and Cuba Relations
Jul 21
1918
Eggs, Brawl End Meeting of Radical North Dakota Nonpartisan League
1919
NAACP Demands President Wilson Condemn Racial Violence
1923
Alice Paul Drafts and Introduces Equal Rights Amendment for Women
1925
You Can’t Teach That! Scopes Convicted of Teaching Evolution
1930
ACLU Publicity Director “Wiggles Shoulders” in Newark, is Arrested
1934
FDR’s New Deal Has Mixed Civil Liberties Record, Says ACLU
1959
“Lady Chatterley’s Lover” Declared Not Obscene
Jul 22
1918
City of Mt. Vernon, NY, Bans Hearst Papers, German Language Papers
1928
ACLU: Pennsylvania Leads Nation in Civil Liberties Violations
1939
Jane Bolin, First African-American Female Judge in the U.S., Sworn In
1948
NYC Seeking New Rules to Govern Use of Sound Trucks, Loudspeakers
1985
Arrest Warrant Issued for Attorney General Ed Meese – For Jaywalking
Jul 23
1937
La Follette Committee Report Condemns Police Actions in Chicago Strike
1948
An Early Voice for Young People: National Youth Organization Demands Vote for 18-Year-Olds
1963
President Kennedy Sends Congress Immigration Reform Proposal
1999
Judge Frank M. Johnson, Jr., Civil Rights Hero, Dies
1999
Racist Outrage in Tulia, Texas – 10% of African-American Population Arrested
2010
Journalist Daniel Schorr, Famous in Watergate, Other Crises, Dies
Jul 24
1917
A Brief Halt to WW I Repression: “Masses v. Patten”
1971
Nixon “Plumbers” Unit Created, Illegal Actions Follow
1974
Supreme Court Orders President Nixon to Turn Over Tapes – Resignation Soon Follows
1997
Supreme Court Justice William J. Brennan Dies
Jul 25
1926
Is He Kidding? Censorship Crusader Claims He Supports Free Speech, Is Not a Censor
1947
Mary Ware Dennett, Feminist, Birth Control Activist, and Civil Libertarian, Dies
1952
Puerto Rico Constitution Ratified
1960
Greensboro, North Carolina, Lunch Counters Integrated
1961
National Police Association Warns of ACLU’s “Subversive Activities”
1973
Federal Judge Orders Halt to U.S. Military Actions in Cambodia
Jul 26
1918
President Wilson Finally Denounces Mob Violence, Lynching
1929
Lesbian Themed “The Well of Loneliness” Held Not Obscene by U.S. Customs Court
1937
Wife No Longer the First Fired: Congress Repeals 1933 Law
1947
President Truman Signs National Security Act – Creates CIA
1948
President Truman Desegregates U. S. Military
1963
President Kennedy Urges “Aggressive” IRS Investigation of Political Groups
1972
New York Times Exposes Racist Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment
1990
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Signed Into Law
Jul 27
1919
Massive Chicago Race Riot Erupts
1920
Vice Presidential Nominee Calvin Coolidge: Sedition Must Be Repressed
1921
President Harding Meets With WW I Amnesty Advocates
1934
Dirk De Jonge, Oregon Communist, Arrested for Organizing Meeting – Heads to Supreme Court
1935
“Ecstasy” is Burning!
1954
Soldier Given “Undesirable” Discharge for Urban League Membership
1970
President Nixon Withdraws Approval of Huston Plan For Spying, Illegal Actions Against Americans
1974
President Richard Nixon Impeached by House
2006
President George W. Bush Signs 25-Year Extension of 1965 Voting Rights Act
Jul 28
1917
NAACP Leads Silent March Down Fifth Avenue to Protest Racist Violence
1920
Women May Wear One-Piece Swimsuits on Long Island, NY
1932
Veterans’ “Bonus Army” Rousted by Army in D.C.
1941
California Un-American Activities Hearings Begin
1948
NY “Released Time” Law for Religious Instruction Challenged
1954
Film “On the Waterfront” Premieres – Cold War Debate Energized
2004
Tariq Ramadan, Noted Islamic Scholar, Denied Entry into U.S.
Jul 29
1932
Rep. La Guardia Protests Eviction of Bonus Army
1946
Marches in Washington, New York Protest Lynching of Four African-Americans in Georgia
1950
Cold War Victim: Hazel Scott TV Show Cancelled
1951
Loyalty Oaths Spread Fear, Charges ACLU
1953
Abraham Chasanow Suspended From Navy Job – Civil Liberties Nightmare Begins
1954
ACLU Defends Dorothy Kenyon, Named by Joe McCarthy
1964
Civil Rights Groups Split on Suspending Protests Because of Riots
2010
Establishing A “New Normal:” ACLU Issues Critique of the Obama Administration
Jul 30
1929
Post Office Bars Pamphlets on Tom Mooney Case
1952
Classic Film “High Noon” Released – Co-Producer/Writer’s Name Deleted (Carl Foreman)
1958
Frank Wilkinson, Anti-HUAC Activist, Refuses to Answer HUAC Questions
1964
FBI Adds KKK to Notorious COINTELPRO Program
2020
John Lewis’ Last Words — To Us
Jul 31
1921
Pennsylvania Censors Orders Cuts in Will Rogers Film for Glorifying Crime and Immorality
1940
ACLU Demands Federal Investigation of Barriers to the Ballot for Minority (i.e., Radical) Parties
1942
Supreme Court Upholds Military Commission – German Saboteurs to be Executed
1979
President Carter Proposes Charter for the F.B.I.
2001
Ten Commandments Installed in Alabama Court House
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