The Meiklejohn Civil Liberties Institute (MCLI) is a Berkeley, California-based non-profit think-tank, activism incubator, library and archive. Named for

Alexander Meiklejohn Alexander Meiklejohn (; 3 February 1872 – 17 December 1964) was a philosopher, university administrator, educational reformer, and free-speech advocate, best known as president of Amherst College. Background Alexander Meiklejohn was born o ...

, a philosopher, university administrator, and free-speech advocate, MCLI was founded in 1965. The Meiklejohn Civil Liberties Institute carries on a wide range of activities, including research, publication, advocacy, and education. Its quarterly newsletter was entitled ''Human Rights Now!'' The Institute's collection was later made available to the public through the

Bancroft Library The Bancroft Library in the center of the campus of the University of California, Berkeley, is the university's primary special-collections library. It was acquired from its founder, Hubert Howe Bancroft, in 1905, with the proviso that it retai ...

of the University of California at Berkeley, the University of Michigan’s Labadie Collection, and San Francisco State University’s Labor Archive. The founding executive director of MCLI is attorney-scholar-educator-activist Ann Fagan Ginger. In 2018, Steven DeCaprio became Interim Executive Director.

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Meiklejohn Civil Liberties InstituteInventory of the Meiklejohn Civil Liberties Institute Records
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The Bancroft Library The Bancroft Library in the center of the campus of the University of California, Berkeley, is the university's primary special-collections library. It was acquired from its founder, Hubert Howe Bancroft, in 1905, with the proviso that it retai ...

Meiklejohn Civil Liberties Institute Collected Records
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Swarthmore College Peace Collection
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