Organization Files, 1984-2000
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- 0.77 cubic ft.
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Series 4 is composed of organization files. The following organizations, advocating the abolition of the death penalty, are included: Amnesty International (AI), Amnesty International USA (AI USA), American Civil Liberties Union, Death Penalty Information Center, and NAACP Legal and Educational Defense Fund, Inc. The files are arranged alphabetically by the name of organization with materials within the files arranged chronologically.
The Amnesty International files includes C2, the campaigning magazine of Amnesty Informational, published on December 1996, and EINSPRUCH, the magazine of Amnesty Informational, Hamburg, in German, released in 1994 and 1995.
The Amnesty International USA files contains organizational reports, magazines, mailings from 1993 to 1995, newsletters, publications, campaign materials, and Halperin's notes for the briefing of the Amnesty International USA in 1987 and 1989.
The American Civil Liberties Union file includes an organizational brochure, reports, and newsletter. This organization is devoted to defend and preserve individual rights by litigating, legislating, and educating the public on a broad array of issues affecting individual freedom.
The Death Penalty Information Center is a non-profit organization serving the media and the public with analysis and information on issues concerning capital punishment. Included are research papers reported by this organization.
The NAACP Legal and Educational Defense Fund, Inc. was founded in 1940 for the purpose of working for racial equality and social justice through legislation. The files of this organization consist of bimonthly reports, Death Row U.S.A., from 1984 to1994, and a report, Judicial Record of Justice William Rehnquist. These reports contains various statistical data of death row inmates, information on the death penalty statutes of each state, and a list of death-sentenced prisoners with information on their gender, race, and execution method.
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Arranged alphabetically.
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