Papers, 1923-1974, 1932-1974 (bulk)

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Papers, 1923-1974, 1932-1974 (bulk)

Legal briefs, clippings, notes, correspondence, reports, and miscellaneous items pertaining to his quarrel with the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), 1939; civil liberties cases where he was the attorney; his disbarment after a 1949 case in which he defended eleven communists; and his work with the American Civil Liberties Union. Also, materials concerning housing for the elderly in the 1970s.

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United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities (1934-1975)

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From 1934 to 1937 The U.S. House Committee on Un-American Activities began as the Special Committee on Un-American Activities and was also known as the McCormack-Dickstein Committee. The Dies Committee, was created on May 26, 1938, with the approval of House Resolution 282, which authorized the Speaker of the House to appoint a special committee of seven members to investigate un-American activities in the United States, domestic diffusion of propaganda, and all other questions relating thereto...

Isserman, A. J. (Abraham J.)

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American Civil Liberties Union

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Founded in 1920 in New York City by Roger Baldwin and others; the ACLU was an outgrowth of the American Union Against Militarism's National Civil Liberties Bureau, which in 1920 changed its name to the American Civil Liberties Union. From the description of Collection, 1917- (Swarthmore College, Peace Collection). WorldCat record id: 42740878 The Southern Women's Rights Project (SWRP) located in Richmond is affiliated with the American Civil Liberties Union. The project deal...