237:(1924 – 1975). In September 2000, she wrote to the Harvard Board of Overseers demanding an apology for Harvard's 1954 action in forcing her then-husband to resign his position at the Business School for refusing to swear he was not a Communist. Harvard had demanded the same of Ann Ginger, although she was not a university employee. Harvard further demanded that the couple leave Massachusetts as a condition of receiving Ray Ginger's final two weeks' pay. Ann Ginger was then pregnant with their second son. At the time of her 2000 letter, she also made public FBI files that confirmed the Gingers' account of being required to sign a non-Communist oath. This was the first documented proof of Harvard having made such a demand, which Harvard had previously publicly denied.
240:
Harvard replied a few months later, admitting that Ray Ginger had been forced out of the faculty but not apologizing. Board of
Overseers President Sharon Gagnon wrote: "I would not presume to ... second-guess the motives or judgments of individuals in that difficult time. It seems clear, however,
165:
a summary and archive of contemporary civil rights and civil liberties litigation materials and decisions, much of which was "not otherwise available." In 1962, she was the only woman lawyer to attend the first joint meeting of black and white attorneys in the South, co-sponsored in
241:
that
Harvard took an action in the case of Mr. Ginger that many thoughtful people today, looking back, would not find appropriate." Ann Ginger found the response insufficient and said Harvard needed a truth and reconciliation commission to make it face what it had done.
198:
keep up with the explosion in school desegregation and other civil rights litigation. Tigar would later describe Ginger as "a superb editor and writer." In 1965, she founded the independent nonprofit
255:, initiated a national campaign to lobby Harvard to conduct a public inquiry, issue a meaningful apology, and endow a chair in the Gingers' name for the study of peace, justice, and human rights.
221:. She chaired the City of Berkeley Commission on Peace and Justice from 1986-1989 and was Vice-Chair from 1989–1999. Ginger's biography of the pioneering left-wing immigration lawyer,
130:, to radical parents. Her father was from a rural family of English Quaker descent; her mother was urban and of Lithuanian Jewish heritage. Ginger graduated from the
730:
765:
780:
820:
324:
775:
248:
138:, at Michigan. Ginger practiced labor law in Ohio for a few years, and then moved with her husband to Boston in 1951 when he was hired by the
91:(born July 11, 1925) is an American lawyer, teacher, writer, and political activist. She is the founder and Executive Director Emerita of the
800:
810:
770:
171:
805:
815:
199:
92:
755:
702:
676:
154:
while raising two children; between 1954 and 1959 she rose to the position of editor of the NLG's professional journal,
63:
339:
552:
501:
131:
280:
The
Relevant Lawyers;: Conversations out of court on their clients, their practice, their politics, their life style
111:. The author of 22 books and many articles, Ginger has lectured widely. She has been a visiting professor of law at
745:
218:
415:"Publication – Nuclear Weapons Are Illegal: The Historic Opinion of the World Court & How It Will Be Enforced"
795:
760:
633:
107:
Ginger is an expert in human rights and peace law under the statutes and treaties of the United States and the
368:
The U.N. Declaration of Human Rights Is the Law: A Guide to U.D.H.R. Articles in
Treaties Ratified by the U.S.
650:
750:
414:
116:
139:
321:
Nuclear
Weapons Are Illegal: The Historic Opinion of the World Court and How It Will Be Enforced
790:
151:
127:
50:
233:
From the late 1940s until the mid-1950s, Ann Fagan Ginger was married to historian and author
175:
785:
203:
183:
96:
143:
8:
120:
112:
252:
210:
629:
548:
497:
179:
314:
222:
605:. Legal Information Institute, Cornell Univ. & IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law
568:
466:
388:
108:
134:
in 1947, one of only eight women in her class. She met her husband, historian
739:
244:
191:
147:
79:
349:
234:
187:
135:
594:
362:
Undoing The Bush-Cheney Legacy: A Tool Kit for
Congress and Activists
270:
Holdings of
Meiklejohn Civil Liberties Institute and ACLU 1920-1966
167:
150:. Ann Ginger began working half-time as an administrator for the
517:
440:
67:
54:
16:
American legal scholar and human rights activist (born 1925)
214:
305:
The
National Lawyers Guild: From Roosevelt through Reagan
213:
in 1959, upholding the due process rights of a target of
58:
599:. Oral Argument, part 2: Morgan v. Ohio (23 April 1959)"
142:. Forced to leave Harvard for their refusal to sign
336:
Challenging U.S. Human Rights
Violations since 9/11
290:
The Law, the
Supreme Court, and the People's Rights
228:
161:In 1955, Ginger began compiling and publishing the
102:
651:"FBI Files Show HBS Forced Out Leftist Professor"
737:
626:Carol Weiss King, human rights lawyer, 1895-1952
547:. New York: Monthly Review Press. p. 111.
496:. New York: Monthly Review Press. p. 110.
311:Carol Weiss King: Human Rights Lawyer (1895-52)
703:"Harvard Admits Role in Forced Resignation"
677:"Harvard Admits Role in Forced Resignation"
295:Jury Selection in Civil and Criminal Trials
731:2005 radio interview with Ann Fagan Ginger
781:Activists from the San Francisco Bay Area
628:. Boulder: University Press of Colorado.
346:Landmark Cases Left Out Of Your Textbooks
821:University of Michigan Law School alumni
209:Ginger argued and won a case before the
182:. In 1963, having divorced and moved to
172:Southern Christian Leadership Conference
766:American anti–nuclear weapons activists
524:. National Lawyers Guild. 23 April 2013
447:. National Lawyers Guild. 23 April 2013
738:
700:
674:
648:
623:
331:Human Rights and Peace Law in the U.S.
776:American women civil rights activists
542:
491:
573:Meiklejohn Civil Liberties Institute
471:Meiklejohn Civil Liberties Institute
419:Meiklejohn Civil Liberties Institute
393:Meiklejohn Civil Liberties Institute
200:Meiklejohn Civil Liberties Institute
93:Meiklejohn Civil Liberties Institute
701:Gewolb, Joshua E. (April 3, 2001).
675:Gewolb, Joshua E. (April 3, 2001).
649:Gewolb, Joshua (December 1, 2000).
285:Human Rights Case Finder, 1953—1969
13:
801:American women non-fiction writers
350:introduction and table of contents
174:. There she spoke in favor of the
64:University of California, Berkeley
14:
832:
724:
258:
132:University of Michigan Law School
811:People from Berkeley, California
275:California Criminal Law Practice
265:Bill of Rights Citator 1955-1966
229:Marriage and Harvard Controversy
219:Un-American Activities Committee
103:Personal and Professional Career
771:American civil rights activists
694:
668:
642:
617:
202:in Berkeley, named for scholar
194:and Dennis Roberts to help the
587:
561:
536:
510:
485:
459:
433:
407:
381:
1:
806:American women legal scholars
374:
7:
816:21st-century American women
126:Ginger was born in 1925 in
10:
837:
756:International law scholars
624:Ginger, Ann Fagan (1993).
543:Tigar, Michael E. (2021).
492:Tigar, Michael E. (2021).
300:The Cold War Against Labor
251:, and a 1976 graduate of
225:, was published in 1993.
117:University of Santa Clara
74:
46:
28:
21:
746:American legal scholars
356:The Living Constitution
247:, law professor at the
163:Civil Liberties Docket,
140:Harvard Business School
796:American women lawyers
761:American legal writers
249:University of Illinois
156:The Guild Practitioner
152:National Lawyers Guild
146:, the couple moved to
128:East Lansing, Michigan
51:University of Michigan
569:"About: MCLI History"
467:"About: MCLI History"
176:Civil Rights Movement
170:by the Guild and the
204:Alexander Meiklejohn
184:Berkeley, California
97:Berkeley, California
144:non-Communist oaths
121:San Francisco State
113:Hastings University
751:California lawyers
518:"Ann Fagan Ginger"
441:"Ann Fagan Ginger"
253:Harvard Law School
211:U.S. Supreme Court
575:. 26 January 2016
545:Sensing Injustice
494:Sensing Injustice
473:. 26 January 2016
421:. 26 January 2016
395:. 26 January 2016
340:Table of Contents
86:
85:
828:
718:
717:
715:
713:
698:
692:
691:
689:
687:
672:
666:
665:
663:
661:
646:
640:
639:
621:
615:
614:
612:
610:
591:
585:
584:
582:
580:
565:
559:
558:
540:
534:
533:
531:
529:
514:
508:
507:
489:
483:
482:
480:
478:
463:
457:
456:
454:
452:
437:
431:
430:
428:
426:
411:
405:
404:
402:
400:
385:
315:Carol Weiss King
223:Carol Weiss King
178:also supporting
89:Ann Fagan Ginger
42:
38:
36:
23:Ann Fagan Ginger
19:
18:
836:
835:
831:
830:
829:
827:
826:
825:
736:
735:
727:
722:
721:
711:
709:
707:Harvard Crimson
699:
695:
685:
683:
681:Harvard Crimson
673:
669:
659:
657:
655:Harvard Crimson
647:
643:
636:
622:
618:
608:
606:
593:
592:
588:
578:
576:
567:
566:
562:
555:
541:
537:
527:
525:
522:Speaking Freely
516:
515:
511:
504:
490:
486:
476:
474:
465:
464:
460:
450:
448:
445:Speaking Freely
439:
438:
434:
424:
422:
413:
412:
408:
398:
396:
387:
386:
382:
377:
261:
231:
217:'s state-level
186:, Ginger hired
105:
62:
40:
34:
32:
24:
17:
12:
11:
5:
834:
824:
823:
818:
813:
808:
803:
798:
793:
788:
783:
778:
773:
768:
763:
758:
753:
748:
734:
733:
726:
725:External links
723:
720:
719:
693:
667:
641:
634:
616:
586:
560:
553:
535:
509:
502:
484:
458:
432:
406:
389:"MCLI History"
379:
378:
376:
373:
372:
371:
365:
359:
353:
343:
333:
328:
318:
313:(about mentor
308:
302:
297:
292:
287:
282:
277:
272:
267:
260:
259:Selected works
257:
230:
227:
180:women's rights
109:United Nations
104:
101:
84:
83:
76:
75:Known for
72:
71:
48:
44:
43:
30:
26:
25:
22:
15:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
833:
822:
819:
817:
814:
812:
809:
807:
804:
802:
799:
797:
794:
792:
791:Living people
789:
787:
784:
782:
779:
777:
774:
772:
769:
767:
764:
762:
759:
757:
754:
752:
749:
747:
744:
743:
741:
732:
729:
728:
708:
704:
697:
682:
678:
671:
656:
652:
645:
637:
631:
627:
620:
604:
600:
598:
597:Raley v. Ohio
590:
574:
570:
564:
556:
554:9781583679203
550:
546:
539:
523:
519:
513:
505:
503:9781583679203
499:
495:
488:
472:
468:
462:
446:
442:
436:
420:
416:
410:
394:
390:
384:
380:
369:
366:
363:
360:
357:
354:
351:
347:
344:
341:
337:
334:
332:
329:
326:
322:
319:
316:
312:
309:
306:
303:
301:
298:
296:
293:
291:
288:
286:
283:
281:
278:
276:
273:
271:
268:
266:
263:
262:
256:
254:
250:
246:
245:Francis Boyle
242:
238:
236:
226:
224:
220:
216:
212:
207:
205:
201:
197:
193:
192:Michael Tigar
190:law students
189:
185:
181:
177:
173:
169:
164:
159:
157:
153:
149:
148:New York City
145:
141:
137:
133:
129:
124:
122:
118:
114:
110:
100:
98:
94:
90:
82:and peace law
81:
77:
73:
69:
65:
60:
56:
52:
49:
45:
41:(age 99)
39:July 11, 1925
31:
27:
20:
710:. Retrieved
706:
696:
684:. Retrieved
680:
670:
658:. Retrieved
654:
644:
625:
619:
607:. Retrieved
602:
596:
589:
577:. Retrieved
572:
563:
544:
538:
526:. Retrieved
521:
512:
493:
487:
475:. Retrieved
470:
461:
449:. Retrieved
444:
435:
423:. Retrieved
418:
409:
397:. Retrieved
392:
383:
367:
361:
355:
345:
335:
330:
320:
310:
304:
299:
294:
289:
284:
279:
274:
269:
264:
243:
239:
232:
208:
195:
162:
160:
155:
125:
106:
88:
87:
80:human rights
786:1925 births
740:Categories
635:0870812858
375:References
235:Ray Ginger
188:Boalt Hall
136:Ray Ginger
78:expert in
35:1925-07-11
47:Education
712:April 2,
686:April 2,
660:April 2,
609:8 August
579:20 March
528:21 March
477:20 March
451:21 March
425:20 March
399:20 March
348:(ed.) (
325:Summary
168:Atlanta
632:
551:
500:
370:(ed.)
364:(ed.)
358:(ed.)
307:(ed.)
196:Docket
119:, and
115:, the
714:2013
688:2013
662:2013
630:ISBN
611:2020
603:Oyez
581:2022
549:ISBN
530:2022
498:ISBN
479:2022
453:2022
427:2022
401:2022
215:Ohio
29:Born
95:in
68:LLM
59:LLB
742::
705:.
679:.
653:.
601:.
571:.
520:.
469:.
443:.
417:.
391:.
206:.
158:.
123:.
99:.
57:,
55:BA
37:)
716:.
690:.
664:.
638:.
613:.
595:"
583:.
557:.
532:.
506:.
481:.
455:.
429:.
403:.
352:)
342:)
338:(
327:)
323:(
317:)
70:)
66:(
61:)
53:(
33:(
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.