Anthony Romero
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| Born | July 9, 1965 New York City |
| Occupation | Executive Director of the ACLU |
| Parents | Demetrio Romero (father) Coralie Romero (mother) |
Anthony D. Romero is the executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union.
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Early life [edit]
Romero was born in New York City on July 9, 1965, to Puerto Rican parents Demetrio and Coralie Romero. He was raised in the Bronx.
Education [edit]
Romero was the first member of his family to graduate high school. He graduated from Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs in 1987 and from Stanford University Law School, and is a member of the New York Bar. He was a Dinkelspiel Scholar at Stanford University, a Cane Scholar at Princeton, and a National Hispanic Scholar at both institutions.
American Civil Liberties Union [edit]
Anthony Romero became executive director in September 2001, a week before the September 11, 2001 attacks. He is the first openly gay man and the first Hispanic director of the civil liberties institution. In his time as the executive director he has nearly doubled the organization's budget and increased its staff by a similar amount.[1]
In his capacity as ACLU head, he has been involved in opposition to several policies taken under Bush administration's 'War on Terror'. Referring to the August 17, 2006, federal court declaration that the "Terrorist Surveillance Program" was unconstitutional, Romero called the court's opinion "another nail in the coffin in the Bush administration's legal strategy in the War on Terror".[2]
Works authored by Romero [edit]
- In Defense of Our America: The Fight for Civil Liberties in the Age of Terror. William Morrow, 2007. ISBN 0-06-114256-5.
Recognition [edit]
In 2005, he was named one of Time Magazine's 25 Most Influential Hispanics.
References [edit]
External links [edit]
- ACLU Biography
- PBS Biography
- Time - Anthony Romero
- NNDB Profile
- Hispanic Magazine - Driven By Liberties
- Freedom to Backstab: Anthony Romero Defends his Record as Head of the ACLU - New York magazine, February 19, 2007
- ACLU v. ACLU - The Nation, February 5, 2007
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- 1965 births
- American Civil Liberties Union people
- American civil rights activists
- American lawyers
- American people of Puerto Rican descent
- American political writers
- LGBT people of Puerto Rican descent
- LGBT rights activists from the United States
- LGBT writers from the United States
- Living people
- People from the Bronx
- Princeton University alumni
- Stanford Law School alumni
