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(ProQuest: ... denotes non-US-ASCII text omitted.) Reviews Historians have often marveled at the sheer quantity, and deeply personal tone, of the letters that Americans sent to the White House during the presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt. After 1939, they also sent letters to the Department of Jus...

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Published in:Journal of American studies 2013-08, Vol.47 (3), p.858
Main Author: TANI, KAREN M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Roosevelt, Eleanor (1884-1962)
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano (1882-1945)
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Summary:(ProQuest: ... denotes non-US-ASCII text omitted.) Reviews Historians have often marveled at the sheer quantity, and deeply personal tone, of the letters that Americans sent to the White House during the presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt. After 1939, they also sent letters to the Department of Justice's newly formed Civil Liberties Unit (known now by its subsequent appellation, the Civil Rights Section (CRS)). Political scientist George I. Lovell uses this sample to show how Americans appropriated legal discourses and demanded a better legal order, while demonstrating a realistic understanding of law's limitations.
ISSN:0021-8758
1469-5154
DOI:10.1017/S0021875813000868