Freedom of speech -- United States -- History.
Found in 19 Collections and/or Records:
Justice Denied, 1944-01-15
"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...."
Letter from Howard Fast to Friend, 1952-06-27
Flyer from Howard Fast appealing for donations to help the children of victims imprisoned or standing trial due to the Smith "gag" Act.
Petition to the House of Representatives..., 1961-01-02
Press release, 1971-07-14
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....
Registration form, 1936
Unused mimeograph typed registration forms titled, "Eugene Victor Debs Column to Affiliate to the International Brigade to Fight Fascism in Spain."
Subpoena..., 1940s
"...YOU are summoned to appear at a hearing of the Hollywood Investigation..." Flyer announcing two meetings with featured speakers, held in Berkeley and San Francisco, California, regaring the probes, investigations, loyalty oaths and witch hunts continuing in the US government.
What Means This Sentence?, 1909-01-10
Flyer announcing a "monster mass meeting to deal with decision by Judge Wright in sending Gompers, Mitchell and Morrison to jail...." Held at the Dreamland Rink, San Francisco, California.