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Meiklejohn Civil Liberties Institute Collected Records
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Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]500 College Avenue, Swarthmore 19081-1399
This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Swarthmore College Peace Collection. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.
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Meiklejohn Civil Liberties Institute (MCLI); founded in 1965, as the Meiklejohn Civil Liberties Library, changed name from "library" to "institute" in 1972 ; headquartered in Berkeley, California; MCLI uses law to promote fundamental human rights within the United States, including domestic human rights violations such as denial of freedom of speech, environmental racism, violence against women, labor abuses, and discrimination and unequal access to necessities such as housing, health care and education; and on advocacy for the enforcement of U.S.-ratified international human rights treaties.
The Swarthmore College Peace Collection is not the official repository for the records of this organization.
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- Swarthmore College Peace Collection
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Collection is open for research without restrictions.