Caughlan, John, 1909-1999

found: NUCMC data from University of Washington Libraries for His Papers, 1947-1962(John Caughlan; Seattle lawyer and civil rights leader)

found: Communism in Washington State website, viewed February 11, 2014(Born in 1909 to a radical Methodist family in Missouri, [John] Caughlan graduated from Harvard Law School in 1935 and came to Seattle shortly thereafter. Caughlan first became involved in progressive causes when he represented the Communist Party in 1937 and defended their right to hold a rally in the Seattle Civic Auditorium. In the 1940s, Caughlan provided legal council to many people brought before the Canwell Committee and represented many UW professors and affiliates fired for alleged ties to the Communist Party. In his latter years, Caughlan represented civil rights activists in Mississippi, members of the Black Panther Party, and many others who had faced legal prosecution based on radical beliefs. He passed away in 1999)

found: John Caughlan papers, 1933-2003(Seattle attorney and civil rights leader John Caughlan (1909-1999); champion of civil liberties and human rights; born in Missouri, but moved with his family to Eastern Washington in 1911, before settling in Seattle. He attended the University of Washington as an undergraduate and graduated from Harvard Law School in 1935; died on April 17, 1999)