David Y. Klein papers, 1960-1970, bulk 1960-1965.

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David Y. Klein papers, 1960-1970, bulk 1960-1965.

Correspondence, clippings, legal notes, minutes, memoranda, and other materials relating to David Klein's activities as Executive Director od the UAW's Public Review Board and as President of the Detroit chapter of the ACLU. Includes materials relating to: Emil Mazey, Len Holt and Ernest Goodman. Important subjects covered in the collection are: American Civil Liberties Union, Industrial Arbitration, Labor Laws and Legislation, and Civil Rights.

2.5 linear ft. (5 boxes) + pamphlets.

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Wayne State University. Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs

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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...

Holt, Len

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Goodman, Ernest, 1906-1997

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Born in Hemlock, Michigan on August 21, 1906. Graduated from Wayne State College in 1928 with a L.L.B. During the decade of the 1930s, he was active in many labor cases, and became an associate of Maurice Sugar, general counsel of the UAW, in 1939. In 1950 Ernest Goodman and George Crockett, Jr. formed one of the first interracial law firms: Goodman, Crockett, Eden and Robb, specifically to handle civil rights, labor, and constitutional law cases. From the description of Ernest Goodm...

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...

Klein, David Y., 1933-

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Director of United Auto Workers Public Review Board and President of the Detroit chapter of the ACLU. From the description of David Y. Klein papers, 1960-1970, bulk 1960-1965. (Wayne State University, Archives of Labor & Urban). WorldCat record id: 32320971 ...

Mazey, Ernest, 1919-1979

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Socialist and trade union organizer. Executive director of Michigan ACLU. From the description of Ernest Mazey papers, 1942-1979. (Wayne State University, Archives of Labor & Urban). WorldCat record id: 32321144 ...