Reminiscences of Roger Nash Baldwin : oral history, 1954.

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Reminiscences of Roger Nash Baldwin : oral history, 1954.

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Teacher of sociology, Washington University, 1906-09; pioneering work in probation, social and political reform movements, St. Louis, 1906-17; pacifist organizations in New York (N.Y.), conscientious objectors, Free Speech League, Theodore Schroeder; American Civil Liberties Union: formation and development, 1920-50, cooperation with other organizations, defense policies, publicity tactics, relations with New Deal; celebrated cases: Mooney-Billings, Scottsboro, Sacco-Vanzetti; contact with anarchists; Industrial Workers of the World, 1910-20; William D. Haywood; Negro rights; Indian independence movement, India League; travel abroad and work for international agencies, 1924-54; visits to Russia, postwar Japan, Korea, and Germany.

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