Pearl Hart papers, ca. 1942-1974.

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Pearl Hart papers, ca. 1942-1974.

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Speeches, correspondence, income tax returns and other financial records, pamphlets, and newsclippings of Pearl Hart, a Chicago lawyer who was a leader in leftist political organizations and civil liberties cases, especially some opposing suppression of the American Communist Party, discrimination against gay men and lesbians, and harassment of prostitutes. Topics include Hart's political and civil liberties activities and interests, including the legal defense of George Witkovich, Joe Weber, Katherine Hyndman, James Keller, Claude M. Lightfoot, Efroim Spector, and Alfred Andrulis; and the George and Anna Portes Cancer Prevention Center in Chicago, for which Hart was a legal adviser.

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Andrulis, Alfred.

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Midwest Committee for Protection of Foreign Born (Chicago, Ill.)

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Weber, Joel

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Witkovich, George.

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Hyndman, Katherine.

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Hart, Pearl, 1890-1974.

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Spector, Efroim.

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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...

George and Anna Portes Cancer Prevention Center (Chicago, Ill.)

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Keller, James.

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Lightfoot, Claude M., 1910-1991

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