From the Vault: Intimidation Through Libel Law

18/09/2023 34 min Episodio 149
From the Vault: Intimidation Through Libel Law

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Episode Synopsis

In a throwback to an episode in our vault, historian Aimee Edmondson describes how opponents of the Civil Rights movement weaponized libel law for decades to squelch free speech and silence African American dissent. The transcript is available at Episode 56 at at https://journalism-history.org/podcast/.