National Lawyers Guild

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:organization
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:International_Association_of_Democratic_Lawyers
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:focus civil liberties
human rights
progressive legal advocacy
gptkbp:founded 1937
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:New_York_City
gptkbp:historicalSignificance first racially integrated bar association in the US
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label National Lawyers Guild
gptkbp:membership law students
lawyers
jailhouse lawyers
legal workers
gptkbp:motto Human Rights Over Property Interests
gptkbp:notableAction defense of political activists
legal observation at protests
gptkbp:notableMember gptkb:Leonard_Weinglass
gptkb:Ruth_Bader_Ginsburg
gptkb:William_Kunstler
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:House_Un-American_Activities_Committee
gptkbp:supports gptkb:activist
LGBTQ rights
environmental justice
labor rights
anti-war activism
prisoners' rights
immigrants' rights
gptkbp:type gptkb:nonprofit_organization
gptkbp:website https://www.nlg.org/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Operation_Streamline
gptkb:Hollywood_blacklist
gptkb:1999_Seattle_WTO_protests
gptkb:Cynthia_Jean_Heenan
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6