William Kunstler The Controversial Civil Rights Lawyer
William Kunstler known as a leading movement lawyer defends indigent clients from U.S. civil rights and antiwar cases. Leonard Crow Dog visits Kunstler in New York as Kunstler balances fame, controversy, and a demanding schedule across courts, lectures, and the Center for Constitutional Rights.
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Leonard Crow
Fifth Avenue
American Indian Movement
South Dakota
Center For Constitutional Rights
William Moses Kunstler
Kunstler
Martin Luther King, Jr
Carlos Feliciano
Jack Scott
Patty Hearst
David Dellinger
Kunstler’s trail from tradition to civil liberties fighter
Hoffman cites Kunstler for quoting a prison protest and tracing his evolution from a doctor’s heir to a radical civil rights lawyer. From Yale to Columbia Law, he joined ACLU cases and defended the freedom riders, Carmichael, and Powell, shaping a lifelong, participatory activism.
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Kunstler
Yale
Columbia
Macy’s
American Civil Liberties Union
ACLU
Freedom Riders
Deep South
King
Stokely Carmichael
Selma
Ala
Adam Clayton Powell
Congress
Jesse Jackson
H. Rap Brown
Impris
Gori Still Cherishes Stalin Images Despite De-Stalinization
In Gori Georgia the image of Josef Djugashvili endures as the region's native son. Stalin Street and Stalin Square remain symbols of pride while a stark two room house shows the modest origins. A marble statue draws daily roses to the museum entrance as locals maintain a reverent memory. Dutch settlers once repelled French invaders on Saba with stone and pole tactics. Actor Ray Milland is 69 years old.
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U.S.S.R
UPI
Josef Stalin
Soviet Georgia
Stalin Street
Stalin Square
Josef Djugashvili
Stalin
Lord Stormont flags U S vessel near Dunkerque depot
Paris January 2 British ambassador Lord Stormont told the French foreign minister that the American ship Charming Nancy was moored beside a merchant's powder magazine at Dunkerque and likely loading cargo contrary to French policy.
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Dunkerque
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