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- NAME: Roger Baldwin
- OCCUPATION: Civil Rights Activist, Anti-War Activist
- BIRTH DATE: January 21, 1884
- DEATH DATE: August 26, 1981
- EDUCATION: Harvard University
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Wellesley, Massachusetts
- PLACE OF DEATH: Ridgewood, New Jersey
- Full Name: Roger Nash Baldwin
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Roger Baldwin was an American civil rights activist who co-founded the American Civil Liberties Union.
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Roger Baldwin was an American civil rights activist. When the U.S. entered World War I, he headed a pacifist union group which later became the American Civil Liberties Union, representing the likes of James Joyce regarding a ban on Ulysses, as well as Jehovah's Witnesses for free-press rights. He served as the director of the ACLU for 30 years. His work made civil rights a universal cause.
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