Roger Nash Baldwin
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This article is about the ACLU leader. For 19th-century American lawyer, see Roger Sherman Baldwin.
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]
Quick Facts 1st Executive Director of the American Civil Liberties Union, Succeeded by ...
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 | (1884-01-21)January 21, 1884 Wellesley, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Died | August 26, 1981(1981-08-26) (aged 97) Ridgewood, New Jersey, U.S. |
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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.