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No fight for civil liberties ever stays won, wrote Roger Baldwin (1884-1981) in 1971. He was in a position to know. After working hard to preserve the right of Americans to free expression during World War I, he founded the American Civil Liberties Union in 1920. The ACLU quickly became, and remains to this day, the staunchest defender of American civil liberties. Woody Klein has selected from Baldwin's vast writings those essays that are most pertinent to the civil liberties debate today. In each chapter these writings focus on a particular theme, such as national security or invasion of privacy. Each is followed by commentary from some of America's most prominent politicians and journalists, including Nat Hentoff, Victor Navasky, and Senators Robert C. Byrd, Russell D. Feingold, Christopher J. Dodd, and Edward M. Kennedy.
Contents
ContentsContentsContentsForeword: Human Rights Must Prevail To the EndixArthur M. Schlesinger Jr.PrefacexiAcknowledgmentsxixWoody KleinIntroduction: A Life Dedicated To Civil LibertiesxxiSenator Robert C. ByrdIntroduction To Chapter 11Chapter 1The Making of a Reformer: The Roger Baldwin Story: A Prejudiced Account by Himself5Commentary: William J. vanden Heuvel14Commentary: Alan F. Westin21Introduction To Chapter 225Chapter 2ACLU: Watchdog for the Underdog27Commentary: Anthony Romero38Commentary: Ira Glasser52Introduction To Chapter 357Chapter 3Civil Liberties in Wartime67Commentary: Russell D. Feingold81Commentary: Patrick J. Leahy84Commentary: Christopher J. Dodd86Introduction To Chapter 489Chapter 4The Courts and Equal Justice91Commentary: Edward M. Kennedy116Commentary: Norman Dorsen118Introduction To Chapter 5121Chapter 5The Government and Civil Liberties125Commentary: John Shattuck136Introduction To Chapter 6141Chapter 6Labor and Civil Liberties145Commentary: Aryeh Neier151Introduction To Chapter 7155Chapter 7Education: Key To Protecting Liberty159Commentary: Samuel Walker165Introduction To Chapter 8169Chapter 8Liberalism and Political Change173Commentary: Victor Navasky178Introduction To Chapter 9181Chapter 9Liberty and the Media185Commentary: Nat Hentoff197Introduction To Chapter 10201Chapter 10Separation of Church and State209Commentary: Rev. William Sloane Coffin Jr.216Introduction To Chapter 11219Chapter 11A World United by the Rule of Law221Commentary: Leo Nevas233Chapter 12Family Reflections: About Roger Baldwin241Carl R. BaldwinAfterword: Roger Baldwin: A Patrician Heretic245Anthony LewisAppendixAmendments to the U.S. Constitution255Selected Bibliography267About the Author and Contributors273Index277Photo essay appears following page 140
