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The American Civil Liberties Union and the Making of Modern Liberalism, 1930-1960 (Paperback, New edition)
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The American Civil Liberties Union and the Making of Modern Liberalism, 1930-1960 (Paperback, New edition)
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Founded by radicals in 1920, the American Civil Liberties Union
experienced several key changes in its formative years. Judy
Kutulas traces the history of the ACLU between 1930 and 1960, as
the organization shifted from the fringe to the liberal mainstream
of American society. In alternating chapters, Kutulas explores
operations at the national level and among the group's local
branches. To gain mainstream credibility, the radicals at ACLU
headquarters became more professional, began using court challenges
rather than direct action, and carefully chose their battles to
focus on national security as much as on the protection of dissent.
Meanwhile, the group's affiliates, separated from the
institutionalization of the national office, maintained the
idealism of defending the rights of all individuals, no matter how
unpalatable their beliefs and activities. The shifts at the
national level made the ACLU more government-friendly and less
radical, but also, Kutulas argues, more timid and weak. Civil
liberties activists in ACLU branches around the country ultimately
pushed the organization to return to its radical roots in the
1960s. In an afterword, Kutulas addresses how post-9/11 America
poses the familiar challenge of balancing national security and
individual rights that came to the forefront in the early decades
of the ACLU.
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