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The Birth of the Civil Liberties Bureau and The National Civil Liberties Bureau,1917-1919
by: Professor Samuel Walker School of Criminal Justice University of Nebraska at Omaha This is the first part in a series that was introduced earlier. The fight for civil liberties during World War I originated with the Civil Liberties Bureau (CLB), formed as a committee of the American Union Against Militarism (AUAM) immediately after the United…
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The National Civil Liberties Bureau and the Woodrow Wilson Administration
by: Professor Samuel Walker School of Criminal Justice University of Nebraska at Omaha This is part of a series that was introduced earlier. Roger Baldwin and Crystal Eastman began their work with the Civil Liberties Bureau confident that they had good relations with officials in the Woodrow Wilson administration. Many of these people knew each other…
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