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Freedom of speech -- United States -- History.

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:

Crush Fascism in Spain, 1936

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Identifier: 2006.003.1.1.44
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"Crush Fascism in Spain. Friends of the Debs Column supporting Eugene Victor Debs Column." 2 sheets of unused letterhead.

Dates: 1936

Declaration of Independence for Dr. Timothy Leary, 1971-07-04

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Identifier: 2006.003.1.1.29
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"Model statement in defense of the philosopher's personal freedom, as proposed to the American P.E.N. Club by San Francisco Bay Area poets, essayists, and novelist." Original statement signed by Allen Ginsberg; approved by Herb Gold, Michael McClure, Philp Whalen, Diane Di Prima, Ted Berrigan, Riobert Creeley, and Lawrencew Ferlinghetti.

Dates: 1971-07-04

Declaration of Independence for Dr. Timothy Leary, 1971-07-04

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Identifier: 2006.003.1.1.29
Scope and Contents "Model Statement in Defense of the Philosopher's Personal Freedom Proposed by San Francisco Bay Area Prose Poets' Phalanx." Poets, essayists and novelists represented: Ken Kesey, Lawrewnce Ferlinghetti, Michael McClure, Robert Creeley, Allen Ginsberg, Howard Becker, Lenore Kandel, Anais Nin, Alan Watts, Kenneth Rexroth, Diane di Prima, Philip Lamantia, Don Allen, Bill Berkson, Tom Veitch, Ted Berrigan, Margo Patterson Doss, Johbn Doss M.D., Lewis MacAdams, Gavin Arthur Paul Krassner,...
Dates: 1971-07-04

Fight the Blacklist, Undated

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Identifier: 2006.003.1.1.40
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"Do You Want to be Told: Think 'Right' or Starve!" Statement of the National Board of the Communist Party, USA. Includes cut-and-mail portion for more information.

Dates: Undated

Free the 18, 1944-06

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Identifier: 2006.003.1.1.41
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"Free the 18 leaders of Minneapolis Truckdrivers Local 544-CIO and the Socialist Workers Party now behind prison bars, sentenced under the anti-labor Smith 'gag' Act." Announcement flyer for a radio address, "Free Speech and Labor's Rights" presented by James T. Farrell on WEVD-Radio.

Dates: 1944-06

"Hate Christ" is the Slogan of the Communists, Undated

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Identifier: 2006.003.1.1.49
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"One of the most notorioous propagandists for the lovers of Stalin is Langston Hughes, a Negro poet. This Negro moves in the circles of the high-toned (?) whites...." Brochure promoting subscriptions to The Cross and the Flag, a monthly magazine edited by Gerald L.K. Smith.

Dates: Undated

Justice Denied, 1944-01-15

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Identifier: 2006.003.1.1.66
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"We suppose this is a hopeless suggestion. But we wish that Congress by legislation or the Supreme Court by voluntary action would provide for publication of the votes taken in chambers on applications for certiorari...We hold no brief for the Trotskyites and have differed deeply with them on most concrete issues. But we think them unjustly and unfairly condemned, the victims of a cheap bit of labor politics...."

Dates: 1944-01-15

Letter from Howard Fast to Friend, 1952-06-27

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Identifier: 2006.003.1.1.38
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Flyer from Howard Fast appealing for donations to help the children of victims imprisoned or standing trial due to the Smith "gag" Act.

Dates: 1952-06-27

Petition to the House of Representatives..., 1961-01-02

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Identifier: 2006.003.1.OVRSZ 1.7
Scope and Contents List of signers of a petition to eliminate the House Committee on Un-American Activites as a Standing Committee. "...We are confident that only a return to constitutional procedures can protect us against subversion without at the same time subverting the very liberties we seek to protect. For two decades the Congress has allowed the Committee to function. For two decades the Committee has condemned individual Americans, has wrecked the lives of some, and has denied them the due process...
Dates: 1961-01-02

Press release, 1971-07-14

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Identifier: 2006.003.1.1.29
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For release 6 PM EDT, July 14, 1971, Bastille Day. Bay Area writers appeal to Swiss government for Leary political asylum. Statement signed by Kesey, Ferlinghetti and others calls Leary fellow author without a country....

Dates: Issued: 1971-07-14