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American Civil Liberties Union: History, Support and opposition & Overview

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is an American nonprofit civil rights organization founded in 1920. ACLU affiliates are active in all 50 states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico. The budget of the ACLU in 2024 was $383 million.

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American Civil Liberties Union topic overview

The analysis highlights History, Support and opposition and Overview as prominent areas in the source structure around American Civil Liberties Union. 1 topic appears in more than one source area, which can help identify connections that are less obvious in a linear reading.

Related topics
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Source areas
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Connected nodes
331
Extracted relationships
152
Concept neighborhoods
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Bridge connections
331

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Overview · 246 topics
History · 32 topics
Support and opposition · 15 topics
Leadership · 9 topics
Organization and state affiliates · 7 topics
Funding · 6 topics
Policy positions · 4 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Founders
Jeannette Rankin · Roger Nash Baldwin · Crystal Eastman · Helen Keller · Walter Nelles
Headquarters
125 Broad Street, New York City, U.S.
Budget
$383 million (2024; combined ACLU and Foundation, excludes affiliates): 22–3
Executive Director
Anthony Romero
Formation
January 19, 1920; 106 years ago (1920-01-19)
Members
1.7 million (2024)

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

Leadership

Funding

Policy positions

Support and opposition

Organization and state affiliates

History

Bibliography

Advanced semantic analysis

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How American Civil Liberties Union connects Entity context

The extracted context around American Civil Liberties Union shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, American Civil Liberties Union → ACLU, Alley, American Liberties, Amherst, Beacon Press, Beito, Bill, Bodenhamer, Censorship, Christopher, Church, Columbus, Conformity, Cowardice, David, Donohue, Editors, Ely, Faith, FDR's Concentration Camps Another extracted example is American Civil Liberties Union → American, American Civil Liberties UnionNational, American Civil Rights Union, Canadian, Cause, Civil Liberties Association, Columbia Civil Liberties Association, Concept, Defamation League, Emergency Civil Liberties Committee, Expression, Individual Rights, International Jewish, Justice, Legal, Poverty Law Center, UK, United States. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

American Civil Liberties Union

Top relations

related to Bibliography · 62
American Civil Liberties Union → ACLU, Alley, American Liberties, Amherst, Beacon Press, Beito, Bill, Bodenhamer, Censorship, Christopher, Church, Columbus, Conformity, Cowardice, David, Donohue, Editors, Ely, Faith, FDR's Concentration Camps
see also · 18
American Civil Liberties Union → American, American Civil Liberties UnionNational, American Civil Rights Union, Canadian, Cause, Civil Liberties Association, Columbia Civil Liberties Association, Concept, Defamation League, Emergency Civil Liberties Committee, Expression, Individual Rights, International Jewish, Justice, Legal, Poverty Law Center, UK, United States
related to Organization and state affiliates · 12
American Civil Liberties Union → ACLU, ACLU Foundation, At, Both, California, Donations, Each, Most, Puerto Rico, The, There, Washington
Founders · 11
American Civil Liberties Union → Albert DeSilver, Arthur Garfield Hays, Crystal Eastman, Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, Felix Frankfurter, Helen Keller, Jane Addams, Jeannette Rankin, Morris Ernst, Roger Nash Baldwin, Walter Nelles
related to 1990s · 7
American Civil Liberties Union → CDA, CDA's, Communications Decency Act, First Amendment, In, Reno, Supreme Court
related to External links · 3
American Civil Liberties Union → Internal Revenue Service, Official, ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer
Budget · 1
American Civil Liberties Union → $383 million (2024; combined ACLU and Foundation, excludes affiliates): 22–3
Executive Director · 1
American Civil Liberties Union → Anthony Romero
Formation · 1
American Civil Liberties Union → January 19, 1920; 106 years ago (1920-01-19)
Headquarters · 1
American Civil Liberties Union → 125 Broad Street, New York City, U.S.

Important terminology

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Important terminology

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American Civil Liberties Union relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 152 structured relationships around American Civil Liberties Union. Examples in this analysis include American Civil Liberties Union → Budget → $383 million (2024; combined ACLU and Foundation, excludes affiliates): 22–3 and American Civil Liberties Union → Executive Director → Anthony Romero. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

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American Civil Liberties UnionBudget$383 million (2024; combined ACLU and Foundation, excludes affiliates): 22–31.00infobox
American Civil Liberties UnionExecutive DirectorAnthony Romero1.00infobox
American Civil Liberties UnionFormationJanuary 19, 1920; 106 years ago (1920-01-19)1.00infobox
American Civil Liberties UnionFoundersJeannette Rankin1.00infobox
American Civil Liberties UnionFoundersRoger Nash Baldwin1.00infobox
American Civil Liberties UnionFoundersCrystal Eastman1.00infobox
American Civil Liberties UnionFoundersHelen Keller1.00infobox
American Civil Liberties UnionFoundersWalter Nelles1.00infobox
American Civil Liberties UnionFoundersMorris Ernst1.00infobox
American Civil Liberties UnionFoundersAlbert DeSilver1.00infobox
American Civil Liberties UnionFoundersArthur Garfield Hays1.00infobox
American Civil Liberties UnionFoundersJane Addams1.00infobox
American Civil Liberties UnionFoundersFelix Frankfurter1.00infobox
American Civil Liberties UnionFoundersElizabeth Gurley Flynn1.00infobox
American Civil Liberties UnionHeadquarters125 Broad Street, New York City, U.S.1.00infobox
American Civil Liberties UnionMembers1.7 million (2024)1.00infobox
American Civil Liberties UnionPredecessorNational Civil Liberties Bureau1.00infobox
American Civil Liberties UnionPresidentDeborah Archer1.00infobox
American Civil Liberties UnionPurposeCivil liberties advocacy1.00infobox
American Civil Liberties UnionRegion servedUnited States1.00infobox
American Civil Liberties UnionStaff500 staff attorneys1.00infobox
American Civil Liberties UnionTax ID no.13-38713601.00infobox
American Civil Liberties UnionType501(c)(4) nonprofit organization1.00infobox
American Civil Liberties UnionVolunteersSeveral thousand attorneys1.00infobox
American Civil Liberties UnionWebsitewww.aclu.org1.00infobox

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around American Civil Liberties Union bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Union, Liberties and Civil. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

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Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For American Civil Liberties Union, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects American Civil Liberties Union with Overview. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

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American Civil Liberties UnionOverview · splits 85 ⟂ 247
American Civil Liberties UnionHistory · splits 299 ⟂ 33
American Civil Liberties UnionSupport and opposition · splits 316 ⟂ 16
American Civil Liberties UnionLeadership · splits 322 ⟂ 10
American Civil Liberties UnionOrganization and state affiliates · splits 324 ⟂ 8
American Civil Liberties UnionFunding · splits 325 ⟂ 7
American Civil Liberties UnionPolicy positions · splits 327 ⟂ 5
American Civil Liberties UnionBibliography · splits 327 ⟂ 5

Map overview Semantic statistics

American Civil Liberties Union

Nodes332
Edges331
Triples152
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.006024
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around American Civil Liberties Union to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History, Support and opposition & Overview, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — American Civil Liberties Union · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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