The progress we've made and the fights that remain are both worth recognizing.
The ACLU, the nation’s premier defender of our civil liberties, was founded on this day in 1920—the same year American women finally got the right to vote. Those two events are connected, in part because the existence of the ACLU can be traced to a woman: an extraordinary lawyer, organizer, and suffragist namedIn 1917, Eastman was director of a prominent antiwar organization, the American Union Against Militarism. But after the U.S.
Protecting First Amendment rights has often served other ACLU goals, too, like promoting equality. In 1936, for example, the ACLU challenged the City of Boston’s decision to ban Lillian Hellman’s playfor daring to include a theme of lesbianism. And, building on work fighting racial discrimination dating back to the 1930s , the ACLU vigorously defended opportunities for civil rights activists of the 1960s to demonstrate and organize for racial justice.
The last three years have brought the fight against xenophobia back to the forefront, and battling inhumane immigration policies that terrorize immigrants and separate families will continue to be a priority as we move into our second century. In addition to winning judicial rulings against some very cruel and unfair practices, the ACLU has reunited more than 2,000 people with their families.
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