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==Views of the ACLU Founder==
==Views of the ACLU Founder==
Roger Baldwin, a co-founder of the ACLU and its first leader, was born and raised in Massachusetts. He said that his "social work began in my mind in the Unitarian Church when I was ten or twelve years old, and I started to do things that I thought would help other people."
Roger Baldwin, a co-founder of the ACLU and its first leader, was born and raised in Massachusetts. He said that his "social work began in my mind in the Unitarian Church when I was ten or twelve years old, and I started to do things that I thought would help other people."<ref>{{cite book|title=Roger Baldwin, founder of the American Civil Liberties Union: a portrait|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iC6FAAAAMAAJ&q=%22social+work+began+in+my+mind+in+the+Unitarian+Church+when+I+was+ten+or+twelve+years+old%22&dq=%22social+work+began+in+my+mind+in+the+Unitarian+Church+when+I+was+ten+or+twelve+years+old%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=y6o7VZPAA87FgwTA4YFY&ved=0CCgQ6AEwAg|pages=6}}</ref>
In the 1920 and 1930s Baldwin was sympathetic to the social goals and aspirations of the emerging communist nations. In 1934, he wrote that his position was "anti-capitalist and pro-revolutionary," adding:
In the 1920 and 1930s Baldwin was sympathetic to the social goals and aspirations of the emerging communist nations. In 1934, he wrote that his position was "anti-capitalist and pro-revolutionary," adding: