Roger Nash Baldwin | |
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| 1st Executive Director of the American Civil Liberties Union | |
| In office 1917–1950 | |
| Succeeded by | Patrick Murphy Malin |
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| Born | January 21, 1884 Wellesley, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | August 26, 1981 (aged 97) Ridgewood, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Education | Harvard University |
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.[1]
Many of the ACLU's original landmark cases took place under his direction, including the Scopes Trial, the Sacco and Vanzetti murder trial, and its challenge to the ban on James Joyce's Ulysses.[2][3] Baldwin was a well-known pacifist and author.
- ^ "Roger Baldwin, 97, Is Dead; Crusader for Civil Rights Founded the A.C.L.U." The New York Times. August 27, 1981. Archived from the original on November 28, 2018. Retrieved May 16, 2016.
- ^ Attributed to Harvard Class Book of 1935, entitled "Thirty Years Later", spotlighting Baldwin's class of 1905 on its 30th anniversary, as quoted in a 1997 Insight on the News article.
- ^ See Crystal Eastman, a co-founder of the American Civil Liberties Union, and her brother Max Eastman (and, particularly, his criticism of James Joyce).