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Article: The American Civil Liberties Union and the Making of Modern Liberalism, 1930-1960.(Book review)
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- Canadian Journal of History
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- December 22, 2007
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The American Civil Liberties Union and the Making of Modern Liberalism, 1930-1960, by Judy Kutulas. Chapel Hill, North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press, 2006. xiv, 305 pp. $35.00 US (cloth).
Judy Kutulas presents a social history of the ACLU and focuses on the development and growth of the ACLU between 1930 and 1960 because she believes it is during this thirty-year period that the national organization moved from its non-legitimate character to an important part of the status quo. Kutulas does not present a textbook history of the ACLU but, instead, reveals details which provide insight into the organization's achievements and shortcomings as the ...