Roger Baldwin

Roger Nash Baldwin January 21 1884 August 26 1981 was one of the founders of the American Civil Liberties Union ACLU He served as executive director of the ACLU until 1950 Many of the ACLUs original landmark cases took place under his direction including the Scopes Trial the Sacco and Vanzetti murder trial and its challenge to the ban on James Joyces Ulysses Baldwin was a wellknown pacifist and author