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The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is an American nonprofit civil rights organization founded in 1920. ACLU affiliates are active in all 50 states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico. The budget of the ACLU in 2024 was $383 million. The ACLU provides legal assistance in cases where it considers civil liberties at risk.
In 1932 – twelve years after the ACLU was founded – it had achieved significant success; the Supreme Court had embraced the free speech principles espoused by the ACLU, and the general public was becoming more supportive of civil rights in general. [47]
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is founded. Oahu sugar strike of 1920 begins. January 30 – A professional wrestling match in which Joe Stecher defeats Earl Caddock at New York City's Madison Square Garden is filmed by Pioneer Film Corporation for later viewing by cinema audiences; this is the oldest surviving movie of a pro ...
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) was founded. [61] Born: Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, Peruvian diplomat who served as the fifth Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1982 to 1991, and later as Prime Minister of Peru from 2000 to 2001; in Lima (d. 2020)
Roger Nash Baldwin (January 21, 1884 – August 26, 1981) was one of the founders of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). He served as executive director of the ACLU until 1950. He served as executive director of the ACLU until 1950.
An Illinois youth lockup is "no place for children," argued a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) in June. A new ProPublica and Capitol News Illinois analysis of documents ...
1920: The ACLU was founded in 1920 by a group of social and political activists who were dedicated to protecting the civil rights guaranteed to all citizens by the constitution. When it was first founded, the ACLU was very active in pro-labor protests; however, more recently it has mainly focused on legal matters such as, due process, the right ...
Albert DeSilver (August 27, 1888 – December 7, 1924) [1] was a founding member of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).. DeSilver graduated from Yale in 1910, where he was a member of Skull and Bones, [1] and then earned a law degree at Columbia Law School (1913) (editor Columbia Law Review).