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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Arthur Garfield Hays was born in Rochester, New York, on December 12, 1881. His father and mother, both of German descent, belonged to prospering families in the clothing manufacturing industry. After graduating from Columbia College in 1902 and Columbia Law School in 1905, Hays formed a law firm with two of his former classmates that gained prominence representing German interests in World War I. Hays was active in civil liberties issues before becoming general counsel for the American Civil Liberties Union in 1920. From this point one can recognize…mehr

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Arthur Garfield Hays was born in Rochester, New York, on December 12, 1881. His father and mother, both of German descent, belonged to prospering families in the clothing manufacturing industry. After graduating from Columbia College in 1902 and Columbia Law School in 1905, Hays formed a law firm with two of his former classmates that gained prominence representing German interests in World War I. Hays was active in civil liberties issues before becoming general counsel for the American Civil Liberties Union in 1920. From this point one can recognize the emergence of what many have called Hays's "dual personality," in which he became a wealthy lawyer who represented the interests of power and fame (his more prominent clients ranged from Wall Street brokers and best-selling authors to notorious gamblers and the Dionne quintuplets)-- while at the same time vigorously defending the individual liberty of victims of discriminatory laws