The Center for Constitutional Rights was originally known as the Civil Rights Legal Defense Fund, Incorporated. The name was changed to Law Center for Constitutional Rights on February 16, 1967. The Law Center for Constitutional Rights is a Tax Exempt Corporation. This group vowed to assist and support defense committees that would give aid to political prisoners. This organization was located at 116 Market Street, Newark, New Jersey. It was staffed by lawyers who were going to donate time to persons who could not afford legal representation. They protested the United States presence in Vietnam.
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