American Civil Liberties Union
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1920
In the USA the American Civil Liberties Union
was founded by Roger Baldwin
, Crystal Eastman
(who also co-founded several women's organizations), Albert DeSilver
, and others. Its members included Jane Addams
, Helen Gurley Flynn
28 May 1961
Amnesty
, later Amnesty International, was founded when a British lawyer, Peter Benenson
, published an article in the Observer entitled The Forgotten Prisoners.