Guide to the Charles Recht Papers, 1907-1976

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Guide to the Charles Recht Papers, 1907-1976

1907-1976

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Charles C. Recht (1887-1965) graduated from New York University Law School in 1910. During and after World War I, he served as general counsel for the New York Bureau of Legal Advice. Recht represented many radicals who faced deportation, served as an officer of the Communist-associated American Committee for the Protection of the Foreign Born, and from 1921-1933, he served as the official representative of the Soviet Union's interests in the United States. He wrote widely on law, politics, theater and Jewish history, and published two novels and a book of poems. His wife, Aristine Munn Recht, was Dean of Women at NYU's Washington Square College. The majority of the collection is made up of his published and unpublished writings.

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American Committee for the Protection of Foreign Born

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The American Committee for Protection of Foreign Born (1933-1982), based in New York City, was founded for the purpose of defending the rights of the foreign born, especially radicals and Communist Party members, thereby filling a void left by other civil rights defense groups. The Committee's formation was initiated by Roger Baldwin of the American Civil Liberties Union. The Committee pursued its aims through litigation, legislation and public education. In its early years, the Committee's acti...

Recht, Charles.

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Charles C. Recht (1887-1965) was born in Bohemia to Jewish parents, emigrated to the United States at age thirteen, and graduated from New York University Law School in 1910. He served as general counsel for the New York Bureau of Legal Advice, which provided free legal service to men who resisted the World War I era draft laws. Recht also represented many radicals who faced deportation at that time, and later served as an officer of a the American Committee for Protection of Foreign Born (ACPFB...