On January 19, 1920, a small group of idealists and visionaries, including Helen Keller, Jane Addams, Roger Baldwin, and Crystal Eastman, founded the American Civil Liberties Union. A century after its creation, the ACLU remains the nation's premier defender of the rights and freedoms guaranteed by the Constitution.

In collaboration with the ACLU, authors Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman have curated an anthology of essays about landmark cases in the organization's one-hundred-year history.Fight of the Centurytakes you inside the trials and the stories that have shaped modern life. Some of the most prominent cases that the ACLU has been involved inBrown v. Board of Education,Roe v. Wade,Miranda v. Arizonaneed little introduction. Others you may never even have heard of, yet their outcomes quietly defined the world we live in now. Familiar or little-known, each case springs to vivid life in the hands of the acclaimed writers who dive into the history, narrate their personal experiences, and debate the questions at the heart of each issue. EditedbyMichael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman. Hardcover;336 pages.

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