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'''Chicago Committee to Defend the Bill of Rights''' has fought for 43 years against "government encroachment on our constitutional rights in all its forms.  CCDBR began as part of the struggle to disband the House Committee on UnAmerican Activities (HUAC), played a major role in the opposition to Chicago Police "Red Squad" spying in the seventies, and in 2003 helped facilitate the passage of the Chicago City Council Resolution against The Patriot Act"<ref>http://www.ccdbr.org/</ref>.  
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'''Chicago Committee to Defend the Bill of Rights''' has fought for 43 years against "''government encroachment on our constitutional rights in all its forms.  CCDBR began as part of the struggle to disband the House Committee on UnAmerican Activities (HUAC), played a major role in the opposition to Chicago Police "Red Squad" spying in the seventies, and in 2003 helped facilitate the passage of the Chicago City Council Resolution against The Patriot Act''"<ref>http://www.ccdbr.org/</ref>.  
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
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CCDBR was founded in 1960 as the Midwest office of the [[National Committee Against Repressive Legislation]] (now re-named the [[Defending Dissent]] Foundation.) Its goal, then and now, has been to "''organize, educate and work for legislation that will protect our precious First Amendment and due process rights"''.
 
CCDBR was founded in 1960 as the Midwest office of the [[National Committee Against Repressive Legislation]] (now re-named the [[Defending Dissent]] Foundation.) Its goal, then and now, has been to "''organize, educate and work for legislation that will protect our precious First Amendment and due process rights"''.
  
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:''CCDBR cut its teeth on the successful struggle to abolish the House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC), which was used to smear progressives and destroy their careers. During the Nixon administration, CCDBR took part in the successful campaign to block the repressive "Omnibus Criminal Code." In 1969 we played a key role in organizing the broadly based Alliance to End Repression, which in 1970 filed the famous Red Squad Suit to stop the Chicago police from their century-old activity of spying on and trying to disrupt dissident political activity. By 1981, CCDBR was a proud signatory of the Alliance/ACLU/ consent decree prohibiting such practices.''
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:''CCDBR cut its teeth on the successful struggle to abolish the [[House Committee on Un-American Activities]] (HUAC), which was used to smear progressives and destroy their careers. During the Nixon administration, CCDBR took part in the successful campaign to block the repressive "Omnibus Criminal Code." In 1969 we played a key role in organizing the broadly based Alliance to End Repression, which in 1970 filed the famous Red Squad Suit to stop the Chicago police from their century-old activity of spying on and trying to disrupt dissident political activity. By 1981, CCDBR was a proud signatory of the Alliance/ACLU/ consent decree prohibiting such practices.''
  
 
:''During the Reagan administration, CCDBR was active in blocking further repressive initiatives such as the attempt to revive HUAC under another name. We also denounced efforts of the FBI to target Afican-American elected officials through bogus "corruption" investigations.''  
 
:''During the Reagan administration, CCDBR was active in blocking further repressive initiatives such as the attempt to revive HUAC under another name. We also denounced efforts of the FBI to target Afican-American elected officials through bogus "corruption" investigations.''  
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==Communist front==
 
==Communist front==
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Chicago Committee to Defend the Bill of Rights is one of the [[Communist  Party USA]]'s most successful creations-playing a major role in the near elimination of police spying against radical organizations.
 
Chicago Committee to Defend the Bill of Rights is one of the [[Communist  Party USA]]'s most successful creations-playing a major role in the near elimination of police spying against radical organizations.
  
 
In the early years Chicago Committee to Defend the Bill of Rights' personnel were virtually, all proven members or sympathisers of the [[Communist Party USA]]. In later years,  supporters of the [[New American Movement]], [[Democratic Socialists of America]] and [[Committees of Correspondence]] for Democracy and Socialism were more prominent.
 
In the early years Chicago Committee to Defend the Bill of Rights' personnel were virtually, all proven members or sympathisers of the [[Communist Party USA]]. In later years,  supporters of the [[New American Movement]], [[Democratic Socialists of America]] and [[Committees of Correspondence]] for Democracy and Socialism were more prominent.
  
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==Founders==
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==CCDBR founders==
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1960 Chicago Committee to Defend the Bill of Rights CDBR founders were [[Boris Brail]], [[Milt Cohen]], [[Richard Criley]], [[Ben Green]], Prof. [[Robert Havighurst]], [[Charles Lippitz]], Rev.[[Victor Obenhaus]]<ref>http://www.ccdbr.org/</ref>.
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1960 CCDBR founders were [[Boris Brail]], [[Milt Cohen]], [[Richard Criley]], [[Ben Green]], Prof. [[Robert Havighurst]], [[Charles Lippitz]], Rev.[[ Victor Obenhaus]]<ref>http://www.ccdbr.org/</ref>.
 
  
 
==Personnel in 1965==
 
==Personnel in 1965==
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As at 1965, the following were personnel of the committee:<ref>Chicago Committee to Defend the Bill of Rights Letterhead Feb 1965</ref>
  
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Honorary Chairmen [[Earl Dickerson]] Esq, [[Jessie Binford]], Dr A [[Eustace Haydon]], Senator [[James Monroe]]
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===Officers===
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*Honorary Chairmen [[Earl Dickerson]] Esq, [[Jessie Binford]], Dr A [[Eustace Haydon]], Senator [[James Monroe]]
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*Chairman Prof. [[Robert Havighurst]]
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*Vice-Chairmen Prof. [[Curtiss MacDougall]], Rabbi [[Arnold Jacob Wolf]]
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*Treasurer [[Frank Aglin Jr]]
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*Executive Director Rev [[William Baird]]
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*Secretary [[Richard Criley]]
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</div>
  
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Chairman Prof. [[Robert Havighurst]]
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===Board Members===
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*Rev. [[Frederic Ball]]
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*[[Harry Barnard]]
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*[[Leo Berman]]
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*[[Lee Blinick]]
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*[[Boris Brail]]
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*[[Roberta Bruce]]
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*Rev. [[Edwin Buehrer]]
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*[[Edward Carey]]
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*[[Perry Cartwright]]
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*[[William Cavanaugh]]
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*[[Joseph Engel]]
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*[[Eugene Feldman]]
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*[[Eleanor Garner]]
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*[[Ben Green]]
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*[[Pearl Hart]]
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*Dr. [[Hyman Hirshield]]
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*[[Jessie Hirschl]]
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*[[Leon Katzen]]
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*[[Lafayette Marsh]]
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*[[Milton Norman]]
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*Prof. [[Victor Obenhaus]]
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*[[James Pinta]]
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*[[Isadore Pomerantz]]
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*Prof. [[Dale Pontius]]
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*[[Jesse Prosten]]
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*Rev. [[James Royston]]
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*Dr. [[Boris Rubenstein]]
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*Prof. [[Malcolm Sharp]]
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*[[Jack Spiegel]]
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*[[Thomas Slater]]
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*Prof. [[William Starr]]
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*Rev [[Alva Tompkins]]
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*[[Otto Wander]]
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*Rabbi [[Richard Winograd]]
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*Rabbi S. [[Burr Yampol]]
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</div>
  
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Vice-Chairmen Prof. [[Curtiss MacDougall]] , Rabbi [[Arnold Jacob Wolf]]
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==Personnel in 1970==
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As at 1970, the following were personnel with the Committee:<ref>Full text of "The nationwide drive against law enforcement intelligence operations : hearing before the Subcommittee to Investigate the Administration of the Internal Security Act and Other Internal Security Laws of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Ninety-fourth Congress, first session page 151</ref>
  
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Treasurer [[Frank Aglin Jr]]
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===Officers===
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<div style="column-count:3;-moz-column-count:3;-webkit-column-count:3">
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*Exec. Director [[Richard Criley]]
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*Honorary chairmen [[Earl Dickerson]], Rabbi [[Jacob Weinstein]]
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*Co-Chairmen [[Robert  Havighurst]], Rev. [[Victor Obenhaus]]
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*Vice-chairmen Rev. [[William  Baird]], Prof- [[Curtis D. MacDougall]]
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*Rabbi [[Arnold Jacob Wolf]]
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*Treasurer [[Frank Aglin, Jr.]]
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</div>
  
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Exective Director Rev [[William Baird]]
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===Advisory Council===
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*[[Timuel  Black]]
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*Rev. [[Edwin  Buehrer]]
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*Prof. [[Carl W. Condit]]
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*Rev. [[Martin Deppe]]
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*[[Joseph Engel]]
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*[[Abe Feinglass]]
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*Rev.  [[Gerard G. Grant]]
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*Very Rev. [[Samuel J. Martin]]
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*Rabbi [[Robert J. Marx]]
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*Rev. [[Jules L. Moreau]]
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*[[Al Raby]]
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*Rev. [[Joseph Sattler]]
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*[[Jack Sullivan]]
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</div>
  
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Secetary [[Richard Criley]]
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===Board of Directors===
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<div style="column-count:3;-moz-column-count:3;-webkit-column-count:3">
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Board Members
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*Rev. [[Frederic E. Sau]]
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*[[Harry Barnard]]
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Rev [[Frederic Ball]] , [[Harry Barnard]], [[Leo Berman]], [[Lee Blinick]], [[Boris Brail]], [[Roberta Bruce]], Rev [[Edwin Buehrer]], [[Edward Carey]], [[Perry Cartwright]], [[William Cavanaugh]], [[Joseph Engel]], [[Eugene Feldman]], [[Eleanor Garner]]
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*[[Boris Brail]]
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, [[Ben Green]], [[Pearl Hart]], Dr [[Hyman Hirshield]], [[Jessie Hirschl]], [[Leon Katzen]], [[Lafayette Marsh]], [[Milton Norman]], Prof [[Victor Obenhaus]], [[James Pinta]], [[Isadore Pomerantz]], Prof [[Dale Pontius]], [[Jesse Prosten]], Rev [[James Royston]], Dr [[Boris Rubenstein]], Prof [[Malcolm Sharp]], [[Jack Spiegel]], [[Thomas Slater]], Prof [[William Starr]], Rev [[Alva Tompkins]], [[Otto Wander]], Rabbi [[Richard Winograd]], Rabbi S. [[Burr Yampol]]<ref>Chicago Committee to Defend the Bill of Rights Letterhead Feb 1965</ref>.
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*[[Edward Carey]]
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*[[Milt Cohen]]
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==Personnel in 1970==  
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*[[Ernest DeMaio ]]
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*Rev.[[William D. Faw]]
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Exec. Director [[Richard Criley]] 
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* [[Richard Galloway]]
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*Prof. [[Charles H. George]]
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Honorary chairmen [[Earl Dickerson]] , Rabbi [[Jacob Weinstein]]
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*Prof. [[Margaret Y. George]]
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*[[Ben Green]]
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Co-Chairmen [[Robert  Havighurst]] , Rev. [[Victor Obenhaus]]
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*[[Pearl  Hart]]
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*Dr. [[Hyman J. Hirshfield]]
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Vice-chairmen Rev. [[William  Baird]] , Prof- [[Curtis MacDougall]] , Rabbi [[Arnold Jacob Wolf]]
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*[[David C. Jensen]]
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*[[Daniel Kaufman]]
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Treasurer [[Frank Aglin, Jr.]] 
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*Rev. [[S. Hunter Leggitt]]
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*[[Harry Mack]]
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Advisory Council
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*Rev. [[Daniel J. Malette]]
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*[[Lafayette Marsh]]
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[[Timuel  Black]] , Rev. [[Edwin  Buehrer]] , Prof. [[Carl W. Condit]], Rev. [[Martin Deppe]] , [[Joseph Engel]], [[Abe Feinglass]] , Rev.  [[Gerard G. Grant]] , Very Rev. [[Samuel J. Martin]] , Rabbi [[Robert J. Marx]] , Rev. [[Jules L. Moreau]],  [[Al Raby]] , Rev. [[Joseph Sattler]] , [[Jack Sullivan]].
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*Rev. [[Francis J. McGrath]]
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*[[Akiro Makino]]
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Board of Directors
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*[[Ruth Muench]]
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*[[Isadore Pomerantz]]
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Rev. [[Frederic E. Sau]] , [[Harry Barnard]] , [[Boris Brail]] , [[Edward Carey]] , [[Milt Cohen]] , [[Ernest DeMaio ]] ,Rev.[[ William D. Faw]] , [[Richard Galloway]] , Prof. [[Charles H. George]] , Prof. [[Margaret Y. George]] , [[Ben Green]] , [[Pearl  Hart]] , Dr. [[Hyman J. Hirshfield]] , [[David C. Jensen]] , [[Daniel Kaufman]] , Rev. [[S. Hunter Leggitt]] ,  [[Harry Mack]] , Rev. [[Daniel J. Malette]] ,  [[Lafayette Marsh]] , Rev. [[Francis J. McGrath]] ,  [[Akiro Makino ]] , [[Ruth Muench]] , [[Isadore Pomerantz]] , [[Jesse Prosten]] , [[Don Rose]] , [[Norman Roth]] , Dr. [[Boris Rubenstein]] , [[Evelyn Salk]] , [[Thomas  Slater]] , [[Walter Soroka]] , [[Jack Spiegel]] , Prof. [[William Starr]] , [[Lynward Stevenson]] ,  [[Edmonia Swanson]] , [[Gil Terry]] , Rev.[[ C. T. Vivian]] , [[Otto Wander]] ,  [[Gwendolyn N. Williams]] , Rabbi [[Burr Yampol]] , Dr. [[Quentin  Young]] <ref>Full text of "The nationwide drive against law enforcement intelligence operations : hearing before the Subcommittee to Investigate the Administration of the Internal Security Act and Other Internal Security Laws of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Ninety-fourth Congress, first session page 151</ref>.
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*[[Jesse Prosten]]
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*[[Don Rose]]
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*[[Norman Roth]]
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*Dr. [[Boris Rubenstein]]
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*[[Evelyn Salk]]
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*[[Thomas  Slater]]
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*[[Walter Soroka]]
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*[[Jack Spiegel]]
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*Prof. [[William Starr]]
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*[[Lynward Stevenson]]
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*[[Edmonia Swanson]]
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*[[Gil Terry]]
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*Rev.[[C. T. Vivian]]
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*[[Otto Wander]]
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*[[Gwendolyn N. Williams]]
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*Rabbi [[Burr Yampol]]
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*Dr. [[Quentin  Young]]
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</div>
  
 
==2009 board==
 
==2009 board==
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The following served on the board as at 2009:<ref>http://www.ccdbr.org/</ref>
  
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The CCDBR board as of 2006 was<ref>http://www.ccdbr.org/</ref>;
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===Officers===
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<div style="column-count:3;-moz-column-count:3;-webkit-column-count:3">
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*[[Robert H. Clarke]] - President
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*[[Brenetta Howell Barrett]] - Vice Presidents
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*[[Mike  Giocondo]] - Vice Presidents
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*[[Don Goldhamer]] - Treasurer
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*[[Anna Nessy Perlberg]] - Secretary
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</div>
  
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President: [[Robert H. Clarke]]
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===Directors===
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<div style="column-count:3;-moz-column-count:3;-webkit-column-count:3">
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*[[Timuel Black]]
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*[[Mabel Brail]]
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*[[Luster Jackson]]
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*[[Carol Heise]]
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*[[Milton Herst]]
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*[[Bennett Johnson]]
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*[[Lillian Margolis]]
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*[[William Martin]]
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*[[Nancy Mikelsons]]
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*[[Lewis Myers Jr.]]
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*[[Odie Payne]] III
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*[[Ruth Tregay Siegel]]
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*[[Robert Starks]]
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*[[Oscar Worrill]]
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</div>
  
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Vice Presidents: [[Brenetta Howell Barrett]], [[Mike  Giocondo]]; Treasurer: [[Don Goldhamer]];
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==1969 CCDBR "News Bulletin" Names==
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(Midwest Regional Office, [[National Committee to Abolish the House Committee on Un-American Activities]] (HUAC)
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Secretary: [[Anna Nessy Perlberg]];
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*[[Earl B. Dickerson]] - Honorary Chairman
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*Rabbi [[Jacob J. Weinstein]] - [[Rabbi]], Honorary Chairman
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Directors: [[Timuel Black]], [[Mabel Brail]], [[Luster Jackson]], [[Carol Heise]], [[Milt Herst]], [[Bennett Johnson]], [[Lillian Margolis]], [[William Martin]], [[Nancy Mikelsons]], [[Lewis Myers Jr.]], [[Odie Payne]] III, [[Ruth Tregay Siegel]], [[Robert W. Starks]], [[Oscar Worrill]]
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*Prof. [[Robert Havighurst|Robert J. Havighurst]] - [[Professor]], Co-Chairman
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*Rev. [[Victor Ebenhaus]] - [[Reverend]], Co-Chairman
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*Prof. [[Curtis D. MacDougall]] - [[Professor]], Vice-Chairman
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*Rabbi [[Arnold Jacob Wolf]] - [[Rabbi]], Vice-Chairman
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*[[Frank A. Anglin, Jr.]] - Treasurer
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*Rev. [[William T. Baird|William T. Baird]] - [[Reverend]], Executive Director
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*[[Richard Criley|Richard L. Criley]] - Secretary (and longtime id. CPUSA member)
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*[[Dennis J. Schreiber]] - Staff Assistant
  
 
==Honoring Frank Wilkinson==
 
==Honoring Frank Wilkinson==
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CCDBR organized a Celebration of the The Dynamic Life of [[Frank Wilkinson]] (1914-2006) on Sunday October 29, 2006.<ref>http://www.ccdbr.org/events/wilkinson/Wilkinson_Committee.html</ref>
  
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CCDBR organized a Celebration of the The Dynamic Life of [[Frank Wilkinson]] (1914-2006) on Sunday October 29, 2006<ref>http://www.ccdbr.org/events/wilkinson/Wilkinson_Committee.html</ref>.
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===Honoring Committee===
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====Honorary Co-chairpersons====
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'''Honoring Committee'''
 
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Honorary Co-chairpersons
 
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*[[Timuel Black]]
 
*[[Timuel Black]]
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*[[Pearl Hirshfield]] (Mrs [[Hyman J. Hirshfield]])
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*[[Pearl Hirshfield]] (Mrs [[Hyman Hirshfield]])
 
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*[[Donna Wilkinson]]
 
*[[Donna Wilkinson]]
  
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Committee
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====Committee====
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*[[Aaron Adler]] & [[Alice Adler]]
 
*[[Aaron Adler]] & [[Alice Adler]]
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*[[Sarah Cooper]]
 
*[[Sarah Cooper]]
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*Congressman [[Danny Davis]]
 
*Congressman [[Danny Davis]]
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*Dr.[[Peter DeGolia]]
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*Dr.[[ Peter DeGolia]]
 
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*[[Rachel Rosen DeGolia]]
 
*[[Rachel Rosen DeGolia]]
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*[[Martin Deppe]]
 
*[[Martin Deppe]]
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*[[Joan Elbert]]
 
*[[Joan Elbert]]
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*[[Ruth  Emerson]] (Mrs. [[Thomas I. Emerson]])
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*[[Ruth  Emerson]] (Mrs. [[Thomas Emerson]])
 
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*[[Kit Gage]]
 
*[[Kit Gage]]
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*[[Chuy Garcia|Jesus Garcia]]
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*[[Jesus Garcia]]
 
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*[[Pat Gleason]]
 
*[[Pat Gleason]]
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*[[Richard Gutman]] (attorney for Chicago Red Squad suit)
 
*[[Richard Gutman]] (attorney for Chicago Red Squad suit)
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*[[Susan Gzesh]]
 
*[[Susan Gzesh]]
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*[[Yolanda Hall]]
 
*[[Yolanda Hall]]
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*[[Carol Heise]] and [[Kenan Heise]]
 
*[[Carol Heise]] and [[Kenan Heise]]
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*[[Esther Herst]]
 
*[[Esther Herst]]
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*[[Ilse Herst]]
 
*[[Ilse Herst]]
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*Mrs. [[Luster Jackson]]
 
*Mrs. [[Luster Jackson]]
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*[[Cliff Kelley]]
 
*[[Cliff Kelley]]
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*[[Rhita Lippitz]]
 
*[[Rhita Lippitz]]
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*[[Peggy Lipschutz]]
 
*[[Peggy Lipschutz]]
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*[[Jose Lopez]]
 
*[[Jose Lopez]]
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*[[Bea Lumpkin]] and [[Frank Lumpkin]]
 
*[[Bea Lumpkin]] and [[Frank Lumpkin]]
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*[[Marilyn McKenna]]
 
*[[Marilyn McKenna]]
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*[[Kevin Martin]]
 
*[[Kevin Martin]]
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*Honorable [[Abner Mikva]]
 
*Honorable [[Abner Mikva]]
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*[[National Lawyers Guild]] -- Chicago Chapter
 
*[[National Lawyers Guild]] -- Chicago Chapter
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*[[Mary Powers]]
 
*[[Mary Powers]]
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*[[Jane Ramsey]]
 
*[[Jane Ramsey]]
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*[[Harold Rogers]]
 
*[[Harold Rogers]]
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*[[Mark Rogovin]]
 
*[[Mark Rogovin]]
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*[[Bernice Rosen]]
 
*[[Bernice Rosen]]
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*[[Frank Rosen]]
 
*[[Frank Rosen]]
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*[[Norman Roth]]
 
*[[Norman Roth]]
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*[[Salsedo Press]]
 
*[[Salsedo Press]]
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*[[Emile Schepers]]
 
*[[Emile Schepers]]
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*Alderwoman [[Helen Shiller]]
 
*Alderwoman [[Helen Shiller]]
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*[[Elisabeth Solomon]]
 
*[[Elisabeth Solomon]]
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*[[Studs Terkel]]
 
*[[Studs Terkel]]
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*[[Sue Udry]]
 
*[[Sue Udry]]
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*Rev. [[Don Wheat]] and Mrs. [[Anne Wheat]]
 
*Rev. [[Don Wheat]] and Mrs. [[Anne Wheat]]
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*[[Josephine Wyatt]]
 
*[[Josephine Wyatt]]
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*[[Tim Yeager]]
 
*[[Tim Yeager]]
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*Dr. [[Quentin Young]]
 
*Dr. [[Quentin Young]]
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</div>
 
</div>
  
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'''Benefactors, Patrons, and Supporters'''
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===Benefactors===
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Benefactors
 
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*[[Timuel Black]]
 
*[[Timuel Black]]
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*[[Robert H. Clarke]]
 
*[[Robert H. Clarke]]
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*[[Michael Hanley]] & [[Janet Hanley]]
 
*[[Michael Hanley]] & [[Janet Hanley]]
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*[[Rhita Lippitz]]
 
*[[Rhita Lippitz]]
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*[[Billie Rosman]] in memory of [[Ben Green]] & [[Florence Green]]
 
*[[Billie Rosman]] in memory of [[Ben Green]] & [[Florence Green]]
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</div>
  
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Patrons
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===Patrons===
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*[[Connie Hall]]
 
*[[Connie Hall]]
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*[[Willie L. Hart]]
 
*[[Willie L. Hart]]
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*[[Margaret Lipschutz]]
 
*[[Margaret Lipschutz]]
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*[[National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression]]/Chicago Branch
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*[[National Alliance Against Racist & Political Repression]]/Chicago Branch
 
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*[[Lillian Osran]]
 
*[[Lillian Osran]]
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*[[Anna Nessy Perlberg]]
 
*[[Anna Nessy Perlberg]]
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*[[Hazel Rochman]] & [[Hyman Rochman]] in memor of [[Charles Spencer]]
 
*[[Hazel Rochman]] & [[Hyman Rochman]] in memor of [[Charles Spencer]]
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*[[Carl Rosen]]
 
*[[Carl Rosen]]
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*[[Joan E. Spencer]]
 
*[[Joan E. Spencer]]
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*[[John Weber]] & [[Elsa Weber]]
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*[[Janice Weinman]]
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</div>
  
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*[[John Weber]] & [[Elsa Weber]]
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===Supporters===
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<div style="column-count:3;-moz-column-count:3;-webkit-column-count:3">
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*[[Laura Baden]]
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*[[Brenetta Howell Barrett]]
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*Chicago [[Democratic Socialists of America]]
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*[[Martin Deppe]] & [[Peg Deppe]]
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*[[Joan Elbert]]
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*[[Fred Hicks]]
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*Mr. & Mrs. [[Thomas Kane]]
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*[[Ethel Liten]]
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*[[Lou Pardo]]
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*[[Frank Rosen]] & [[Bernice Rosen]]
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*[[Gertrude Rubin]]
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</div>
  
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*[[Janice Weinman]]
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==Event with Sister Helen Prejean== 
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The Chicago Committee to Defend the Bill of Rights and the [[Bill of Rights Foundation]] presented an evening with anti death penalty campaigner Sister [[Helen Prejean]] March 15, 2007.
  
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FRANK WILKINSON SUPPORTERS
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===Endorsers===
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Laura Baden
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The following is a list of people and organizations that endorsed the event:<ref>http://www.ccdbr.org/events/prejean/main.html</ref>
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Brenetta Howell Barrett
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Chicago Democratic Socialists of America
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*[[Timuel Black]]
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Martin & Peg Deppe
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*[[Jane Bohman]]
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Joan Elbert
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*[[Locke Bowman]]
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Fred Hicks
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*[[Thomas Breen]]
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Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Kane
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*Rep. [[Danny Davis]]
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Ethel Liten
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*[[Tony Fitzpatrick]]
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Lou Pardo
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*[[Aviva Futorian]]
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Frank & Bernice Rosen
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*[[Bernard Harcourt]]
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Gertrude Rubin
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*[[Jeffrey Howard]]
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*Rabbi [[Peter S. Knobel]]
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*[[Elizabeth Kooy]]
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*[[Peter Kuttner]] (IATSE Local 600)
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*[[Barbara Lannan]] and [[John Lannan]]
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*[[Haki Madhubuti]]
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*[[Martin Marty]]
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*[[Lisel Mueller]]
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*[[Sara Paretsky]]
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*Father [[Arturo Perez]]
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*[[Mary Powers]]
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*[[Dick Simpson]]
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*[[Elizabeth Solomon]]
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*[[Thomas Sullivan]]
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*[[Studs Terkel]]
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*[[Scott Turow]]
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*[[Standish E. Willis]], All Saints' Episcopal Church
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*[[Campaign to End the Death Penalty]]
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*[[Black Radical Congress]]
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*[[Center on Wrongful Convictions]]
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*[[8th Day Center for Justice]]
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*[[Illinois Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty]]
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*[[The Lannan Foundation]]
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*The [[MacArthur Justice Center]]
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*[[Midwest Center for Justice]]
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*[[Murder Victims Families for Human Rights]]
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*[[National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression]]
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Chicago Committee to Defend the Bill of Rights has fought for 43 years against "government encroachment on our constitutional rights in all its forms. CCDBR began as part of the struggle to disband the House Committee on UnAmerican Activities (HUAC), played a major role in the opposition to Chicago Police "Red Squad" spying in the seventies, and in 2003 helped facilitate the passage of the Chicago City Council Resolution against The Patriot Act"[1].

History

CCDBR was founded in 1960 as the Midwest office of the National Committee Against Repressive Legislation (now re-named the Defending Dissent Foundation.) Its goal, then and now, has been to "organize, educate and work for legislation that will protect our precious First Amendment and due process rights".

CCDBR cut its teeth on the successful struggle to abolish the House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC), which was used to smear progressives and destroy their careers. During the Nixon administration, CCDBR took part in the successful campaign to block the repressive "Omnibus Criminal Code." In 1969 we played a key role in organizing the broadly based Alliance to End Repression, which in 1970 filed the famous Red Squad Suit to stop the Chicago police from their century-old activity of spying on and trying to disrupt dissident political activity. By 1981, CCDBR was a proud signatory of the Alliance/ACLU/ consent decree prohibiting such practices.
During the Reagan administration, CCDBR was active in blocking further repressive initiatives such as the attempt to revive HUAC under another name. We also denounced efforts of the FBI to target Afican-American elected officials through bogus "corruption" investigations.
Then we joined a second battle to save the consent decree on police spying. In 1997, the City of Chicago went back to federal court (even as it is now doing re. the Shakman decree) to try to gut the decree. CCDBR, working with the Allinance's attorney, did the legwork in community organizing and education to prevent this; but in January, 2001, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals essentially re-legalized all forms of police spying on dissident activity, short of actual disruption of such activity. Another struggle to wage!
Since 9/11, CCDBR has striven to deal with the avalanche of repressive Orwellian laws and executive orders streaming from the Bush administration and its compliant congressional majorities, not to mention judges willing to abandon the traditional understandings of civil liberties. We have hosted a coalition to call for repeal of the Patriot Act in the Illinois legislature: a follow-up to the successful coalition which we spearheaded to win such a resolution in the Chicago City Council. Likewise, we are seeking to draw attention to the threats to freedoms built into the Homeland Security Act, the "No Child Left Behind Act: (which provides a backdoor for Pentagon recruitment in schools), the "Protect America" Act, the Military Commissions Act, and various executive decisions.[2]

Communist front

Chicago Committee to Defend the Bill of Rights is one of the Communist Party USA's most successful creations-playing a major role in the near elimination of police spying against radical organizations.

In the early years Chicago Committee to Defend the Bill of Rights' personnel were virtually, all proven members or sympathisers of the Communist Party USA. In later years, supporters of the New American Movement, Democratic Socialists of America and Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism were more prominent.

CCDBR founders

1960 Chicago Committee to Defend the Bill of Rights CDBR founders were Boris Brail, Milt Cohen, Richard Criley, Ben Green, Prof. Robert Havighurst, Charles Lippitz, Rev.Victor Obenhaus[3].

Personnel in 1965

As at 1965, the following were personnel of the committee:[4]

Officers

Board Members

Personnel in 1970

As at 1970, the following were personnel with the Committee:[5]

Officers

Advisory Council

Board of Directors

2009 board

The following served on the board as at 2009:[6]

Officers

Directors

1969 CCDBR "News Bulletin" Names

(Midwest Regional Office, National Committee to Abolish the House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC)

Honoring Frank Wilkinson

CCDBR organized a Celebration of the The Dynamic Life of Frank Wilkinson (1914-2006) on Sunday October 29, 2006.[7]

Honoring Committee

Honorary Co-chairpersons

Committee

Benefactors

Patrons

Supporters

Event with Sister Helen Prejean

The Chicago Committee to Defend the Bill of Rights and the Bill of Rights Foundation presented an evening with anti death penalty campaigner Sister Helen Prejean March 15, 2007.

Endorsers

The following is a list of people and organizations that endorsed the event:[8]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.ccdbr.org/
  2. ↑ http://www.ccdbr.org/Brief_Description.html
  3. ↑ http://www.ccdbr.org/
  4. ↑ Chicago Committee to Defend the Bill of Rights Letterhead Feb 1965
  5. ↑ Full text of "The nationwide drive against law enforcement intelligence operations : hearing before the Subcommittee to Investigate the Administration of the Internal Security Act and Other Internal Security Laws of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Ninety-fourth Congress, first session page 151
  6. ↑ http://www.ccdbr.org/
  7. ↑ http://www.ccdbr.org/events/wilkinson/Wilkinson_Committee.html
  8. ↑ http://www.ccdbr.org/events/prejean/main.html
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