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eighty years, one legal organization has supported the rights of
the individual against the majority and the government, igniting
rage in conservatives and liberals alike. That organization is the
ACLU, and it has virtually transformed our national ideal of liberty.
Its history reads like a case study of freedoms of expression and
minority rights in the 20th century. This one-hour film, with commentary
from Stanley Fish, Oliver North, Dave Barry, and Molly Ivins, traces
the tumultuous history of that organization from its founding by
Roger Baldwin in 1920 through dozens of legal battles over the past
century, including the Scopes trial, the 1930s labor strikes, Japanese
internments, the HUAC hearings, the Vietnam war, and the American
Nazi Party’s efforts to march in Skokie, Illinois. 
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The Films • Press
• Contact ©2002-2008 Florentine Films/Hott Productions, Inc.
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Introduction
• In Production •
The Films • Press
• Contact ©2002-2008 Florentine Films/Hott Productions, Inc.
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