Author:

Neier, Aryeh 1937-  Search this

Subject:

Neier, Aryeh 1937-  Search this

Physical description:

xxxiv, 406 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm

Type:

Biography

Place:

United States

Date:

2003

C2003

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 Kosovo

Topic:

Civil rights workers  Search this

Human rights workers  Search this

Call number:

CT275.N41 A1 2003

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_710445