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Freedom of speech -- United States -- History.

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 19 Collections and/or Records:

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

Registration form, 1936

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Identifier: 2006.003.1.1.44
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Unused mimeograph typed registration forms titled, "Eugene Victor Debs Column to Affiliate to the International Brigade to Fight Fascism in Spain."

Dates: 1936
Subpoena... announcement mailer.
Subpoena... announcement mailer.

Subpoena...

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Identifier: 2006-003-1-2-062.jpg

Subpoena..., 1940s

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Identifier: 2006.003.1.2.62
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"...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.

Dates: Issued: 1940s
What Means This Sentence? announcement flyer.
What Means This Sentence? announcement fly...

What Means This Sentence?

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Identifier: 2006-003-1-2-077.jpg

What Means This Sentence?, 1909-01-10

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Identifier: 2006.003.1.2.77
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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.

Dates: Issued: 1909-01-10