Today in history

Posted on January 20, 2006 | Leave a comment

January 20

1920

American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) was founded to protect the rights guaranteed in the Bill of Rights, the Constitution and it’s amendments. It protects, among other things our First Amendment rights-freedom of speech, association and assembly, freedom of the press, and freedom of religion supported by the strict separation of church and state.

  • Your right to equal protection under the law – equal treatment regardless of race, sex, religion or national origin.
  • Your right to due process – fair treatment by the government whenever the loss of your liberty or property is at stake.
  • Your right to privacy – freedom from unwarranted government intrusion into your personal and private affairs.
    ACLU today

    1942
    Nazi officials hold notorious Wannsee conference in Berlin deciding on “final solution” calling for extermination of Europe’s Jews.

    1949
    FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover gives a tear gas fountain pen as a gift to actress Shirley Temple.

    1998
    Over 200 citizens show up at a Seattle public hearing, many in radiation suits & mutant radioactive survivor makeup, & conduct die-ins to protest possible restart of nuclear weapon production at Hanford, Washington.

    2001
    Tens of thousands, lined Pennsylvania Avenue to protest the inauguration of President George W. Bush. The major media excluded this protest from their coverage.

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