Claire Dunning
@cdunning.bsky.social
Historian at UMaryland. Author of NONPROFIT NEIGHBORHOODS. I study the policy and politics of cities, nonprofits, philanthropy, and welfare.
Garrison chaired the
March 21, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Garrison chaired the
Perhaps the cowardly partners today would do well to remember the legacy of one of their founders.
Their decision is an abdication of all that Garrison stood for and a legal career that made him "partner emeritus" of a firm no longer worthy of his name.
Their decision is an abdication of all that Garrison stood for and a legal career that made him "partner emeritus" of a firm no longer worthy of his name.
March 21, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Perhaps the cowardly partners today would do well to remember the legacy of one of their founders.
Their decision is an abdication of all that Garrison stood for and a legal career that made him "partner emeritus" of a firm no longer worthy of his name.
Their decision is an abdication of all that Garrison stood for and a legal career that made him "partner emeritus" of a firm no longer worthy of his name.
On his 80th birthday, partners at Paul, Weiss wrote a poem for "the last of the names on our door" that included the stanza:
"He attacked from the left for all those bereft/
of their rights just because of their hue/
and fought for relief as the Urban League chief/
and head of the ACLU"
"He attacked from the left for all those bereft/
of their rights just because of their hue/
and fought for relief as the Urban League chief/
and head of the ACLU"
March 21, 2025 at 4:50 PM
On his 80th birthday, partners at Paul, Weiss wrote a poem for "the last of the names on our door" that included the stanza:
"He attacked from the left for all those bereft/
of their rights just because of their hue/
and fought for relief as the Urban League chief/
and head of the ACLU"
"He attacked from the left for all those bereft/
of their rights just because of their hue/
and fought for relief as the Urban League chief/
and head of the ACLU"
Garrison chaired the National Labor Relations Board and National War Labor Board.
In the 1950s, he advised Langston Hughes, Arthur Miller, and Robert Oppenheimer against accusations of communism.
He encouraged the Field and Taconic foundations to fund civil rights in the early 1960s.
In the 1950s, he advised Langston Hughes, Arthur Miller, and Robert Oppenheimer against accusations of communism.
He encouraged the Field and Taconic foundations to fund civil rights in the early 1960s.
March 21, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Garrison chaired the National Labor Relations Board and National War Labor Board.
In the 1950s, he advised Langston Hughes, Arthur Miller, and Robert Oppenheimer against accusations of communism.
He encouraged the Field and Taconic foundations to fund civil rights in the early 1960s.
In the 1950s, he advised Langston Hughes, Arthur Miller, and Robert Oppenheimer against accusations of communism.
He encouraged the Field and Taconic foundations to fund civil rights in the early 1960s.