Report: Championing Civil Rights and Civil Liberties for 50 Years (2003)

For the past half-century the New York Civil Liberties Union has been recognized as the pre-eminent statewide organization devoted to the protection and enhancement of civil liberties and civil rights for the residents of New York. For fifty years the NYCLU has displayed a compassionate devotion to the rights and well-being of the dissenters, the disadvantaged and the dispossessed in our society. Its work has been characterized by a commitment to constitutional principle, by the intellectual integrity of its positions, and by its advocacy programs, which have been driven by engagement with New York’s many communities. Championing Civil Rights and Civil Liberties for 50 Years tells the story of the NYCLU from the organization’s founding to the report’s publication in 2003.