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American Committee for Protection of Foreign Born Collection
SPC.2022.042
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Contributing Institution:
California State University Dominguez Hills, Gerth Archives and Special Collections
Title: American Committee for Protection of Foreign Born Collection
Creator:
American Committee for Protection of Foreign Born
Identifier/Call Number: SPC.2022.042
Physical Description:
1 box
Physical Description:
.21 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1939-1944, 1946-1948, 1950, 1955, circa 1959
Language of Material:
English
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There are no access restrictions on this collection.
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Director of Archives
and Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical
materials and not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
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The American Committee for Protection of Foreign Born was founded in 1933 by Roger Baldwin, one of the founders of the American
Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). The purpose of the organization was to defend the consitutional rights of foreign-born individuals
in the United States. The group assisted people seeking to become naturalized citizens, facing deporation, and also worked
to aid against discrimination and harrassment of foreign-born individuals, and to reform immigration policies and laws. In
1982, the American Committee for Protection of Foreign Born was dissolved and absorbed by the National Emergency Civil Liberties
Committee.
The American Committee for Protection of Foreign Born Collection (1939-1944, 1946-1948, 1950, 1955, circa 1959) contains one
box and .21 linear feet of mailers; flyers; pamphlets; conference programs and proceedings; press releases; discussion outlines;
brochures; and other documents generated by the American Committee for Protection of Foreign Born, an organization founded
in 1933 to defend the rights of foreign born individuals. This collection is organized chronologically.
For more material regarding the American Committee for Protection of Foreign Born please consult the
John M. Weatherwax Collection
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Civil rights
Emigration and immigration
Emigration and immigration law
Race Discrimination
Communism
United States -- Politics and government