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Benjamin Crocker, Director of the Boston Film Society insisted last night that "Negro groups had put the pressure on" to cancel last Friday's showing of Birth of a Nation. His charge was denied by the president of the Boston National Association for the Advancement of Colored People...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NAACP Clashes With Society Over Film Ban Charges | 11/4/1952 | See Source »

Although asked by the University to cancel its showing of "Birth of a Nation" only because it would be "unfair competition with student groups," the Boston Film Society told its patrons last night that pressure from a Negro association had forced "banning" of the film...

Author: By Milton S. Gwirtzman, | Title: 'Birth of Nation' Cancelled; Racial Pressure Says Society | 11/1/1952 | See Source »

Associate Dean Robert B. Watson said yesterday the racial issue "had nothing to do" with the University's request to cancel the showing. "We cannot set ourselves up as censors," Watson said...

Author: By Milton S. Gwirtzman, | Title: 'Birth of Nation' Cancelled; Racial Pressure Says Society | 11/1/1952 | See Source »

...either case, kindly cancel my subscription at once. Samuel Armistead

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TO ADYING TO RADCLIFFE | 11/1/1952 | See Source »

...conventional psychotherapists ducked their heads to avoid the crossfire of criticism, it was not for long. They had a handy consolation: their critics of the right and left might cancel each other...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Supermen Under Fire | 10/27/1952 | See Source »

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