Richard G. Green
20th-century American lawyer for civil rights and free speech
About Richard G. Green
Lived 1913 – 2001 (aged 87). Richard G. Green was an American politician.
Richard G. Green (December 13, 1913 – September 3, 2001) was a 20th-century American lawyer who championed civil rights and free speech, including defense of William Remington in the late 1940s and Stephen Radich in the 1960s.
Background
Richard G. Green was born December 13, 1913, in New York City. He studied at City College of New York and the Brooklyn Law School.
Green defended Stephen Radich, owner of the Radich Gallery of New York City, during his trial in 1967 for exhibiting a show in which artist Marc Morrel abused the American flag, first with the flag as hangman's noose, another with the flag draped in chains. In May 1967, Radich was convicted for violating a New York state law against defilement or mutilation of the American flag.
Personal and death
Green married three times, last to Ruth Davis, and had a son and three step-daughters.
Green died age 87 on September 3, 2001, in New York City.
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Who was Richard G. Green?
20th-century American lawyer for civil rights and free speech
When was Richard G. Green born?
Richard G. Green was born on 13 December 1913.
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Richard G. Green died on 3 September 2001.
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Richard G. Green was a politician.
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Richard G. Green was American.
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