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...Cambridge Civic Unity Committee and Judge Walter E. Hammond, a Law School graduate, were called in to rule on the film. Hammond said that he found the movie in "very poor taste," but defended its showing on the grounds of freedom of expression. The Cambridge City Council censured Harvard, but did not prohibit the presentation...
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Although Prizer has a letter from the Civic Unity Committee saying that the group has no objections to this fall's showing of Birth of a Nation, he expects action from the NAACP. "The NAACP is a pressure group," he said. "Some Negroes will complain about the showing, and the NAACP will have to go on record as having done something about...
Fortnight ago, the prestige of both the White House and the State Department was brought to bear on Route 40. Sanjuan spoke to a luncheon meeting of 200 Maryland civic leaders, who had received personal invitations to the session from President Kennedy. "We pour millions into foreign aid," Sanjuan told the group. "How senseless it is to ruin this tremendous effort by refusing to serve a cup of coffee to a customer whose skin is dark...
Proof of the effectiveness of this system has been the electoral performance of Cambridge's only municipal political organization, the Civic Association. Although the adoption of many of its programs has helped the city build one of the better and cleaner urban governments in a state where these qualities are not exactly widespread, the CCA has never been able to elect more than four of the nine Councilors. These seats correspond roughly to the influence of the Harvard-Brattle-St.-M.I.T. district and the influence of the rest of Cambridge. Give or take a seat, it is a healthy balance...