National Lawyers Guild Records, 1936-1999

Davis, Angela Y. (Angela Yvonne), 1944-

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Activist, author, and professor, Angela Davis was born in Birmingham, Alabama, on January 26, 1944, the daughter of two teachers. Active at an early age in the Black Panthers and the Communist Party, Davis also formed an interracial study group and volunteered for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee while still in high school. At fifteen, after earning a scholarship, Davis traveled to New York to complete high school. In 1960, Davis traveled to Germany to study for two years, and then ...

Roberts, Dennis J.

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Special Committee on Legal Assistance in the South

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Lawyer's Panel for Selective Service

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Vicksburg Project

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People's College of Law.

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Historical Note Founded in 1974, the People's College of Law of the National Lawyers Guild was "dedicated to the creation of a group of lawyers who will serve the needs of the poor and oppressed of every community." From the guide to the People's College of Law of the National Lawyers Guild Collection, Bulk, 1974-1976, 1973-1980, (ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives) ...

Haywood Burns

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Bakke

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National Federation for Constitutional Liberties

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National Lawyers Guild

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The National Lawyers Guild (NLG) was founded in 1937 as an association of progressive lawyers and jurists who believed that lawyers had a major role to play in reconstructing legal values by emphasizing human rights over property rights. From its inception, the Guild welcomed into its ranks all members of the profession without regard to race, gender or ethnic identity; it was the first national legal professional association to do so. Since its founding, the Guild has been instrumental in leadi...

Henry Wallace

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Emergency Civil Liberties Committee

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William Brandhove

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Aubrey Finn

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Prisoners' Rights Network

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Chessman, Caryl, 1921-1960

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Foster [family]

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Hans Zeisel

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Yates

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Huffman Commission (Los Angeles City Housing Authority)

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Foster, William Z., 1881-1961

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Chairman, United States Communist Party. From the description of Papers, 1922-1961. (Washington State University). WorldCat record id: 29853708 ...

American broadcasting company

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In 1972 television reporter and talk show host Geraldo Rivera, then a budding journalist working for WABC-New York's Eyewitness News, conducted a series of investigations at the Willowbrook State School for the Mentally Retarded, on Staten Island. His work resulted in a televised documentary entitled "Willowbrook: The Last Great Disgrace" which exposed the deplorable conditions and the rampant abuse and neglect of the residents. The report won a Peabody Award and led to changes in state law and ...

Hardyman, Hugh

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International Association of Democratic Lawyers

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Schneiderman [family]

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Shango.

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Progressive Citizens of America

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Leiberman, Soloman

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Eugene Dennis

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Samuel L. Koenigsberg.

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Duncan Aikman

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