Wilkinson was Executive Director Emeritus of the National Committee Against Repressive Legislation and Executive Director of the First Amendment Foundation. A lifelong progressive political activist, Wilikinson was caught up in the McCarthy Era. Because of his resistance to political repression, Wilkinson received the Roger Baldwin Medal of Liberty; and the American Civil Liberties Union Eason Monroe Courageous Advocate Award, the Earl Warren Civil Liberties Award, and the 1997 National Lawyers' Guild Legal Worker of the Year.
Author: REVISITING THE "MCCARTHY ERA": LOOKING AT WILKINSON V. UNITED STATES IN LIGHT OF WILKINSON V. FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION. Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, Law Review, v. 32, n.2
http://llr.lls.edu/volumes/v33-issue2/wilkinson.pdf
He was a colleague and friend.
Chip Berlet board member National Committee Against Repressive Legislation
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