Center for National Policy Review (U.S.)

Public interest organization concerned with enforcement of, and compliance with, federal civil rights laws; organized in 1970 by civil rights lawyer William L. Taylor; affiliated until 1985 with Columbus School of Law, Catholic University of America.

From the description of Records, 1959-1986. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 28412232

Public interest organization concerned with enforcement of and compliance with federal civil rights laws; created in 1970 by civil rights attorney William L. Taylor and affiliated with Columbus School of Law, Catholic University, Washington, D.C., until 1985.

From the description of Center for National Policy Review records, 1959-1986 (bulk 1971-1985). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70983156

Biographical Note

William L. Taylor

• 1931, Oct. 4: Born, Brooklyn, N.Y.
• 1952: B.A., Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, N.Y.
• 1954: LL.B., Yale University Law School, New Haven, Conn. Married Harriet Rosen
• 1955: Clerk, Office of the Corporation Counsel, New York, N.Y. Admitted to New York state bar
• 1955 - 1958 : Staff attorney, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, New York, N.Y.
• 1959 - 1961 : Legislative representative, Americans for Democratic Action
• 1961 - 1963 : Assistant staff director for liaison and information and special assistant to the staff director, United States Commission on Civil Rights
• 1963 - 1965 : General Counsel, United States Commission on Civil Rights
• 1965 - 1968 : Staff Director, United States Commission on Civil Rights
• 1968 - 1969 : Senior fellow, Yale University Law School, New Haven, Conn.
• 1970 - 1985 : Director, Center for National Policy Review and faculty member, Catholic University Law School, Washington, D.C.
• 1971: Published Hanging Together: Equality in An Urban Nation (New York: Simon and Schuster. 348 pp.) Admitted to District of Columbia bar
• 1974: Published Justice Delayed and Denied? Report of Investigation into Conduct of HEW's Handling of Responsibility Under Title VI (Washington D.C.: The Center for National Policy Review. 117 pp.)

From the guide to the Center for National Policy Review Records, 1959-1986, (bulk 1971-1985), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)