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Civil Rights

Feb. 24, 2010

Ripston Steps Down from ACLU

After nearly four decades at the helm, Ramona Ripston has announced she will step down next year to make way for a new generation.

By Susan McRae

Daily Journal Staff Writer

LOS ANGELES - The first time Mark Rosenbaum met Ramona Ripston, he was a law student who had taken time off to clerk for the defense team on the Pentagon papers case, the secret documents that detailed the history of U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War.

"The buzz was that a new director had taken over the ACLU of Southern California and was revolutionizing Los Angeles," Rosenbaum said. "I saw her persuasive abili...

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