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Ann Fagan Ginger

Berkeley, California

Jul 11, 1925 – Aug 20, 2025 (Age 100)

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BORN
July 11, 1925
DIED
August 20, 2025
AGE
100
LOCATION
Berkeley, California

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Ann Fagan Ginger07/11/1925 - 08/20/2025Ann Fagan Ginger, a fearless and visionary American attorney, writer, educator, and civil rights pioneer, passed away peacefully on August 20, 2025, at her home in Berkeley, California, just weeks after celebrating her 100th birthday. A towering figure in...

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Ann hired me right after I graduated from college in 1980. I worked at Meiklejohn Civil Liberties Institute as an assistant archivist and later as Ann's personal secretary for a few years. I transcribed many of the oral histories that came out of the conference she planned on the Impact of McCarthyism on various sectors of society. There I met Fania and Angela Davis, Jessica Mitford, Fred Korematsu, the Meeropol brothers, Tillie Olsen, Ron Dellums and many other heroes of civil liberties...

Ann Ginger was a wonderful teacher. I have vivid memories of her instruction while at USF over half a century ago.