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Roger Nash Baldwin and the American Civil Liberties Union
Robert Cottrell
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Hardback. This work presents the accomplishments of Roger Nash Baldwin, who - in his 30-year tenure as director of the ACLU - marked the period when the modern understanding of the Bill of Rights came into being. Spearheaded by Baldwin, volunteer attorneys transformed the constitutional landscape. Series: Columbia Studies in Contemporary American History. Num Pages: 608 pages, 37 photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 34. Weight in Grams: 862.
Roger Nash Baldwin's thirty-year tenure as director of the ACLU marked the period when the modern understanding of the Bill of Rights came into being. Spearheaded by Baldwin, volunteer attorneys of the caliber of Clarence Darrow, Arthur Garfield Hays, Osmond Frankel, and Edward Ennis transformed the constitutional landscape. Company police forces were dismantled. Antievolutionists were discredited (thanks to the Scopes Trial). Censorship of such works as James Joyce's Ulysses was halted. The Scottsboro Boys and Sacco and Vanzetti were defended. The right of free speech for communists and Ku Klux Klansmen alike was upheld, and the foundations were laid for ... Read more
Roger Nash Baldwin's thirty-year tenure as director of the ACLU marked the period when the modern understanding of the Bill of Rights came into being. Spearheaded by Baldwin, volunteer attorneys of the caliber of Clarence Darrow, Arthur Garfield Hays, Osmond Frankel, and Edward Ennis transformed the constitutional landscape. Company police forces were dismantled. Antievolutionists were discredited (thanks to the Scopes Trial). Censorship of such works as James Joyce's Ulysses was halted. The Scottsboro Boys and Sacco and Vanzetti were defended. The right of free speech for communists and Ku Klux Klansmen alike was upheld, and the foundations were laid for ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
608
Condition
New
Series
Columbia Studies in Contemporary American History
Number of Pages
608
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231119726
SKU
V9780231119726
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About Robert Cottrell
Robert Cottrell is professor of history and American studies at California State University, Chico. He has written numerous books and articles on American liberalism, reform, and radicalism in the twentieth century, including Izzy: A Biography of I. F. Stone.
Reviews for Roger Nash Baldwin and the American Civil Liberties Union
Cottrell fills the pages with Baldwin's mentors, allies and foe... providing a detailed and comprehensive understanding of 80 years of progressive activity. Publishers Weekly A rich, textured portrait highlighting Baldwin's numerous contradictions... Highly recommended at all levels.
R. J. Goldstein Choice A tale worth telling. Cottrell tells it very well.
Michael R. Belknap Journal of American HIstory
R. J. Goldstein Choice A tale worth telling. Cottrell tells it very well.
Michael R. Belknap Journal of American HIstory