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American Civil Liberties Union Civil Liberties [No. 296 (May 1973)]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09640.044 Author/Creator: American Civil Liberties Union Place Written: New York, New York Type: Newsletter Date: May 1973 Pagination: 8 p. : Height: 29 cm, Width: 22.5 cm Order a Copy

One issue of "Civil Liberties" dated May 1973 printed by the American Civil Liberties Union. Front cover consists of an image of an armed American Indian sitting on a horse. Articles in the publication related to ACLU working to provide legal aid to the American Indian Movement, the National Indian Youth Council, and indigenous people in Oklahoma; updates on the "Saving Legal Services" column referring to the Legal Services program within the Office of Economic Opportunity during Nixon's administration; an article regarding a decision pertaining to the First Amendment, the "fairness doctrine" and television and radio licensing; book reviews; highlighting employers that have removed questions related to arrrest records on job applications; a Muslim man who won the right to wear a skullcap while being held at the Litchfield prison in Connecticut.

Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994
Wilson, Dick, 1934-1990
Phillips, Howard, 1941-2003
Gregory, Earl, fl. 1973

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