Richard G. Green

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.

[1] On September 12, 1948 (a Sunday) at 8:30 PM, Elizabeth Bentley appeared again the first-ever television broadcast via WNBT of NBC's Meet the Press and was the first interviewed.

Cecil Brown asked her three times whether she would accuse William Remington of being a communist outside of congressional protection, she finally did so.

When she did not, Green filed for Remington a libel suit against Bentley, NBC, and its television sponsor General Foods Corporation on October 6, 1948.

In May 1967, Radich was convicted for violating a New York state law against defilement or mutilation of the American flag.