The American Civil Liberties Union is an American nonprofit civil rights organization founded in 1920. ACLU affiliates are active in all 50 states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico. The budget of the
Howard Simon, executive director of the ACLU of Florida, joins in a protest of the Guantanamo Bay detentions with Amnesty International.
Crystal Eastman was one of the co-founders of the CLB, the predecessor to the ACLU.
Norman Thomas was one of the early leaders of the ACLU.
The ACLU defended H. L. Mencken when he was arrested for distributing banned literature.
Crystal Eastman
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Crystal Catherine Eastman was an American lawyer, antimilitarist, feminist, socialist, and journalist. She was a leader in the fight for women's suffrage, a co-founder and co-editor with her brother M
American Civil Liberties Union
…that extended beyond the starting decade. The ACLU developed from the National Civil Liberties Bureau (CLB), co-founded in 1917 during World War I by Crystal Eastman, an attorney activist, and Roger Nash Baldwin. The focus of the CLB was on freedom of speech, primarily anti-war speech, and on supporting conscientious…
Eastman c. 1914
Crystal Catherine Eastman in 1915.
Crystal Eastman was a noted anti-militarist, who helped found the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom.