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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