Topic: Freedom of the Press

Apr 2, 
1917

President Wilson Seeks Declaration of War, To Make World Safe for Democracy – Warns of Repression

Apr 7, 
1917

President Wilson Issues Secret Loyalty Order

Jul 24, 
1917

A Brief Halt to WW I Repression: “Masses v. Patten”

Sep 5, 
1917

Government Raids Socialist Party Offices; Publications Halted

Mar 1, 
1919

National Civil Liberties Bureau Issues Comprehensive Report on WW I Rights Violations

Jun 8, 
1925

“Gitlow:” Supreme Court Incorporates Free Speech Clause into 14th Amendment

Apr 5, 
1926

H. L. Mencken Arrested in Boston in Arranged Censorship Case

Sep 24, 
1927

Jay Near Publishes “Defamatory” Articles, Heads for Supreme Court

Oct 13, 
1929

Martial Law, Suppression of the Press in Oil-Boom Texas City

Jun 1, 
1931

“Near v. Minnesota”: Landmark Freedom of the Press Decision

Nov 28, 
1931

NYC Police Raid Anti-Fascist Newspaper’s Office – ACLU Protests

Apr 11, 
1938

“Birth of a Baby” Public Health Photographs Called Obscene

May 26, 
1952

“The Miracle!” Movies Protected by First Amendment

Jan 4, 
1956

Senate Subcommittee Investigates The New York Times for Alleged Communist Influence

Jan 12, 
1956

Erotica Publisher Samuel Roth is Convicted of Obscenity, Heads to Supreme Court

Feb 17, 
1956

Willie Morris Pushes Freedom of the Press for Univ. Texas Student Paper

Jan 13, 
1958

Supreme Court Ends Post Office Ban on Homosexual Materials

Mar 29, 
1960

The Ad That Produced a Landmark First Amendment Case

Jan 25, 
1961

Controversy Sparked Over “Managed News” by the Kennedy Administration

Apr 27, 
1961

President Kennedy Asks Press to Self-Censor National Security News: Uproar Follows

Mar 14, 
1962

Bridgeport, CT, Police Chief Bans Novel, “The Carpetbaggers” – Connecticut ACLU to Sue

Nov 13, 
1969

“Impudent Snobs” – Vice President Agnew Attacks News Media

Mar 2, 
1971

Daniel Ellsberg Meets with NY Times, Discusses Giving Them The Pentagon Papers

Mar 9, 
1971

Want Government Secrets? Read The New York Times, Say Ex-National Security Expert

Jun 15, 
1971

Injunction Stops Publication of Pentagon Papers – Landmark Court Case Ahead

Jun 30, 
1971

Landmark Freedom of the Press Victory: Supreme Court Strikes Down Pentagon Papers Injunction

May 11, 
1973

Judge Dismisses Charges Against Daniel Ellsberg and Anthony Russo Because of Government Misconduct

Oct 22, 
1975

Nebraska Judge Bars Press Coverage – Overruled by Supreme Court

Jun 30, 
1976

Freedom of the Press: Courts Can’t Suppress Trial News Coverage

Mar 9, 
1979

“The Secret That Exploded” — The Progressive Magazine Enjoined from Publishing Article on Making an H-Bomb

Jan 13, 
1988

Supreme Court Denies High School Newspapers Full First Amendment Rights

Feb 24, 
1988

Hustler Magazine Hits the Supreme Court, Wins

Feb 2, 
1991

Pentagon Bans Media Coverage of Military Casualties Returning to U.S.

May 3, 
1993

United Nations World Press Freedom Day

Feb 21, 
2012

Censorship Foe Barney Rosset Dies

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