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Index: Hate Speech
Mar 3,
1915
Protests Greet “Birth of a Nation” Opening in New York City
Oct 21,
1923
Boston Mayor Curley Bans KKK Meetings, ACLU Protests
Apr 30,
1934
Free Speech for Nazis? ACLU Says Yes
Jun 8,
1935
Young Nazi Guilty of Posting Inflammatory Sign; Hate Speech Controversy Ahead
Nov 19,
1938
ACLU to Aid Nazi Groups on First Amendment Rights
Feb 17,
1939
NYC Mayor La Guardia Allows Huge German-American Bund Rally
May 20,
1940
Free Exercise of Religion Affirmed: “Cantwell v. Connecticut”
Dec 5,
1941
New Jersey “Race Hatred” Law Held Unconstitutional
Mar 9,
1942
“Fighting Words” Doctrine Established by Supreme Court
Nov 18,
1943
Liberal, Racial Minority, and Labor Groups Urge Post Office Ban on Hate Mail
May 16,
1949
Supreme Court: First Amendment Protects Provocative Speech
Apr 28,
1952
Supreme Court Upholds Illinois “Group Libel” Law
Jan 16,
1960
Justice Department: Nazi “Hate Speech” Protected by First Amendment
Jun 30,
1960
NYCLU to Defend Free Speech Rights of Top American Nazi
Feb 15,
1965
ACLU Criticizes Planned HUAC Investigation of KKK
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
Jul 9,
1978
Nazis Skip Skokie – Demonstrate in Chicago Instead
Nov 17,
1981
CBS Broadcasts Docudrama on Skokie Free Speech Controversy
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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