Biography
Roger Nash Baldwin (January 21, 1884 β 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.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. Baldwin was a well-known pacifist and author.
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Himself - Witness
Reds (1981)
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The Wobblies (1979)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1884-01-21
Deathday1981-08-26 (97 years old)
FatherFrank Fenno Baldwin, Sr.
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
AwardsFellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Presidential Medal of Freedom
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