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Feb 01, 2021
Deborah Archer will be the ACLU’s eighth president since 1920.
DAVID CRARY
NEW YORK (AP) Deborah Archer, a professor at New York University School of Law with expertise in civil rights and racial justice, has become the first Black person in the 101-year history of the American Civil Liberties Union to be elected its president.
The ACLU announced Monday that Archer was elected over the weekend in a virtual meeting of the organization’s 69-member board of directors. She succeeds Susan Herman, a professor at Brooklyn Law School who had served as president since 2008.
As the ACLU’s eighth president since 1920, Archer will act as chair of its board of the directors, overseeing organizational matters and the setting of civil liberties policies. The fight against racial injustice is expected to be a top priority.
ACLU, for first time, elects Black person as its president
The ACLU announced that Deborah Archer was elected in a virtual meeting of the organization’s 69-member board of directors.
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This April 14, 2015 photo provided by Philip Greenberg shows Deborah Archer in New York. Archer, a professor at New York University School of Law with expertise in civil rights and racial justice, has become the first Black person in the 101-year history of the American Civil Liberties Union to be elected its president. (Philip Greenberg via AP) Author: DAVID CRARY AP National Writer Published: 10:35 AM CST February 1, 2021 Updated: 10:35 AM CST February 1, 2021
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This April 14, 2015 photo provided by Philip Greenberg shows Deborah Archer in New York. Archer, a professor at New York University School of Law with expertise in civil rights and racial justice, has become the first Black person in the 101-year history of the American Civil Liberties Union to be elected its president. (Philip Greenberg via AP)
Deborah Archer, a professor at New York University School of Law with expertise in civil rights and racial justice, has become the first Black person in the 101-year history of the American Civil Liberties Union to be elected its president.
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NYU law prof Deborah Archer is ACLU’s new board president; fight for racial justice expected to be a priority
Deborah Archer. Photo by Philip Greenberg.
A professor at the New York University School of Law with expertise in civil rights has been elected as the national board president of the American Civil Liberties Union.
The new leader is Deborah Archer, the ACLU’s eighth president over the group’s 101-year existence and the first Black person in the position, the Associated Press reports.
The fight against racial injustice is expected to be a top priority under Archer’s leadership, Anthony Romero, the ACLU’s executive director, told the AP.