[lbo-talk] Doris Walker and Ann Gagan Ginger

cb31450 cb31450 at gmail.com
Thu Sep 24 09:20:27 PDT 2009


Chuck Grimes ------------ I was asked about Doris Brin Walker and Ann Gagan Ginger today, and I had completely forgotten them. I didn't know them. They were two radical Berkeley lawyers who made important contributions to civil rights, human rights, keeping government honest, stopping the endless stream of legal and physical abuse coming from the state, etc. They were very active in 60s rad politics here.

^^^^^ CB: Thanks very much for this , Chuck, on my two comrades.

Good news ! Ann is still alive ! (smile). If you get a chance, I'm sure she'd be glad to meet you.

Doris died about a month ago. If memory serves me, not only was she one of Angela Davis' defense attorneys, she was a prosecutor at the Nuremberg trials

Ann Fagan Ginger

Ann Fagan Ginger (born July 11, 1925) is an American lawyer, teacher, writer, and political activist. She is a founder and the executive director of the Meiklejohn Civil Liberties Institute.

Ginger practiced law for many years in Berkeley, California. She has been a visiting professor of law at a number of schools in California and Washington, is the author of many books and articles, and lectures widely. She is an expert in civil liberties law and peace law under the statutes of the United States and the United Nations, and has argued and won before the U.S. Supreme Court.

Ann Fagan Ginger is the first wife of historian and author Ray Ginger (1924 – 1975).

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