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Joseph Forer files, 1948-1966.
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Title:

Joseph Forer files, 1948-1966

Creator/Contributor:

Forer, Joseph, 1910-1986, creator, creator.

Abstract:

Court documents, attorneys files, and correspondence concerning two cases: Communist Party USA vs. Subversive Activities Control Board, and CPUSA vs. Attorney General of the US and Columbia Broadcasting System. Also Forer's report on the alleged practices of the FBI.

Date:

1948 (issued)

Subject:

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Communist Party of the United States of America.
United States. -- Subversive Activities Control Board.
Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc.
United States. -- Federal Bureau of Investigation.
United States. -- Attorney-General.
États-Unis. -- Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc.
Communist Party of the United States of America.
United States. -- Attorney-General
United States. -- Federal Bureau of Investigation
United States. -- Subversive Activities Control Board
Forer, Joseph -- 1910-1986 -- Archives
Forer, Joseph -- 1910-1986 -- Correspondence
Forer, Joseph -- 1910-1986

Note:

COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.
Contained in the finding aid of the National Lawyers Guild records.
Forms part of the National Lawyers Guild records. (BANC MSS 99/280)
Joseph Forer (1910-1986) was an American attorney who, with partner David Rein, supported Progressive causes including discriminated communists and African-Americans. Forer was one of the founders o the National Lawyers Guild and its DC chapter. He was also an expert in the "Lost Laws" of Washington, DC, enacted in 1872-1873, that outlawed segregation at business places.
Joseph Forer files, BANC MSS 99/280 cz:Series 7, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
In English.

Type:

judicial records.
Archives.
Personal correspondence.

Physical Description:

print
1.25 (1

Language:

English

Origin:

California

Copyright Note:

COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.

Related Item:

National Lawyers Guild records : National Lawyers Guild.
National Lawyers Guild records (BANC MSS 99/280)