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Author:

Neier, Aryeh, 1937-

Title:

Taking liberties : four decades in the struggle for rights / Aryeh Neier.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

PublicAffairs,

Copyright Date:

c2003

Description:

xxxiv, 406 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Neier, Aryeh,--1937-
Civil rights workers--United States.--Biography.
Human rights workers--United States.--Biography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [377]-386) and index.

Contents:

[Pt.] I. The ACLU years: 1963-1978. Confronting police abuse ; Defending draft opponents ; Opening asylums ; Legalizing abortion ; Forging restraints on stigma ; Impeaching Nixon ; Defending free speech in Skokie, Illinois ; Exposing betrayal: the ACLU and the FBI -- [Pt.] II. The Human Rights Watch years: 1978-1993. Defeating Reagan ; Americas Watch: a testing by fire ; Promoting accountabiity ; Contacting the underground in Poland ; Visiting prisons in Cuba ; Suffering defeat over China -- [Pt.] III. The Soros years: 1993-. Sarajevo, Chechnya, and the loss of Fred Cuny ; Confronting the past in South Africa ; Intervening in Koscovo.

ISBN:

9781891620829
1891620827

OCLC:

(OCoLC)50693311

LCCN:

2002031918

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

N5UX522 -- University of Iowa Law Library (Iowa City)

D8PD522 -- North Liberty Community Library (North Liberty)