Thurgood Marshall

Organization Trends
National Lawyers Guild: Origins and Early Years
The National Lawyers Guild is a radical-left association of attorneys, law students, legal workers, and jailhouse lawyers. Since its founding in 1936 or 1937, the Guild has consistently been identified…
by CRC Staff on July 19, 2022

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National Lawyers Guild: The Second Red Scare
The willingness of Guild members to represent communists in several high-profile investigations and prosecutions during the late 1940s and early 1950s, combined with strong anti-communist sentiments in Congress and among…
by CRC Staff on July 19, 2022

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National Lawyers Guild: The Civil Rights Movement and the New Left
The National Lawyers Guild was the first racially integrated national bar association in the United States, and actively opposed military segregation during World War II. A number of notable civil rights…
by CRC Staff on July 19, 2022

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National Lawyers Guild: Consolidation and Internationalism
The year 1973 proved to be pivotal for the National Lawyers Guild and for the consolidation of its radical political ideology. That year’s convention has been described as “the cataclysmic…
by CRC Staff on July 19, 2022

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National Lawyers Guild: Activities and Positions
The NLG generally espouses a radical-left ideology. Its objective is “to function as an effective force in the service of the people by valuing human rights and ecosystems over property…
by CRC Staff on July 19, 2022

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National Lawyers Guild: Leadership, Structure, and Financials
The NLG operates as a 501(c)(4) nonprofit organization. It lists more than 50 local chapters on its website, some of which also have their own nonprofit tax-exempt statuses. The NLG…
by CRC Staff on July 19, 2022