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academic freedom art Coraddi Edward Kidder Graham

The Coraddi Controversy of 1954

Page 15 of the Fall 1954 issue of the Coraddi, the art and literary magazine of the Woman’s College (now UNCG) featured a short story by student Mary Wells Edward titled “Dinah.” But, the page also contained an unrelated pen and ink drawing of a nude man. The drawing was done by Lee Hall, a […]

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academic freedom Bill Friday communism Consolidated University Herman Middleton Mereb Mossman Otis Singletary Speaker Ban Law

The Speaker Ban Law and the Controversy over Academic Freedom at North Carolina Universities

On June 26, 1963, just before session adjournment, the North Carolina legislature ratified H.B. 1395, titled “an act to regulate visiting speakers at state supported colleges and universities.” This bill decreed that no college or university receiving state funding in North Carolina was allowed to host a speaker who “(A) is a known member of […]

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