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Index: Free Speech
Mar 3,
1915
Protests Greet “Birth of a Nation” Opening in New York City
Jul 2,
1917
Civil Liberties Bureau to Defend Conscientious Objectors, Free Speech in World War I Crisis
Jul 16,
1917
“War’s Heretics” – Norman Thomas Makes Historic Plea for the Value of Heresy, Dissent in a Democracy
Sep 16,
1917
Pacifists Arrested for Protesting WW I, Celebrating the Constitution
May 16,
1918
Sedition Act Passed: World War I Repression Intensifies
Mar 3,
1919
Supreme Court Creates “Clear and Present Danger” Test; Does Not Protect Dissent
May 1,
1919
California Criminal Syndicalism Law Takes Effect
Jan 14,
1922
Academic Freedom Commission Advocates Restrictions on Professors’ Speech !!
Dec 1,
1922
Guns, Threats Stop Union Meeting in Vintondale, PA
Dec 8,
1922
“Birth of a Nation” Denied Permit in New York City
Aug 21,
1923
President Coolidge Defends Free Speech, Except When . . .
Feb 10,
1924
Police in Wilkes-Barre, PA Block Radicals’ Meeting
Nov 28,
1925
American Legion Leader Says “Reds” Forfeit Right of Free Speech
Nov 20,
1926
Protests Greet Planned Speech by Communist/Atheist Anthony Bimba in Boston
Feb 10,
1927
ACLU Loses Suit Over Right to Speak in NYC Schools
Mar 16,
1931
Rep. Hamilton Fish Denounces ACLU For Defending “All Revolutionary Elements” in the U.S.
Apr 30,
1934
Free Speech for Nazis? ACLU Says Yes
Dec 5,
1941
New Jersey “Race Hatred” Law Held Unconstitutional
Apr 4,
1944
“Strange Fruit,” The Novel, Banned in Boston
Sep 22,
1950
Anti-Korean War Protester Waves “Peace” Flag; Gets Two Months in the Workhouse
Jun 30,
1960
NYCLU to Defend Free Speech Rights of Top American Nazi
Nov 19,
1961
Rash of Speaker Bans at City University in New York City, Hits Left, Right Speakers
Jan 2,
1962
Weavers Refuse to Sign Loyalty Oath – Are Banned by NBC
Jan 15,
1967
Let’s Spend “Some Time” Together – Rolling Stones Censor Themselves on Ed Sullivan Show
Aug 15,
1973
ACLU Backs Klan’s Right to Meet in Public Park
Oct 4,
1976
Nazi Group Requests Skokie Demonstration Permit – National Controversy Erupts
May 22,
1978
7th Circuit Affirms Nazi Free Speech Rights in Skokie
Nov 17,
1981
CBS Broadcasts Docudrama on Skokie Free Speech Controversy
Dec 25,
1981
Georgia School Board Allows Klan Meeting in Building – ACLU Applauds
Jun 21,
1989
Supreme Court Rules Texas Flag-Burning Law Unconstitutional
Jun 11,
1990
Supreme Court Declares Federal Flag Burning Law Unconstitutional: U.S. v. Eichman
Jun 21,
1990
Teens Burn Cross; Hate Crime Case Goes to Supreme Court
Jun 8,
1992
Court Upholds Professor’s Free Speech Rights on African-American Inferiority
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