 Harry F. Ward

Harry Frederick Ward Jr. (1873–1966) was an English-born American Methodist minister and political activist who identified himself with the movement for Christian socialism, best remembered as first national chairman of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) from its creation in 1920 until his resignation in protest of the organization's decision to bar communists in 1940.Harry Frederick Ward, Jr., was born on October 15, 1873, in Chiswick (on the outskirts of London), Middlesex, England.