Ellis Cose on his book Democracy, If We Can Keep It: The ACLUs 100-Year Fight for Rights in America
b"(8/6/20) As the centennial of the founding of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) was approaching, the organization asked columnist and contributing editor for Newsweek Ellis Cose to become its first ever writer-in-residence. The result is Ellis\\u2019s latest book \\u201cDemocracy, If We Can Keep It: The ACLU\\u2019s 100-Year Fight for Rights in America,\\u201d the definitive story of the ACLU but also an essential account of America\\u2019s rediscovery of rights supposedly granted but long denied. Join us for the history of the organization's fight for the liberties promised in the Constitution in this installment of Leonard Lopate at Large on WBAI."