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...rifle was an Enfield 30.06, and Beckwith's fingerprint was found on the scope; his white Valiant was seen parked nearby; he later bragged at a Ku Klux Klan meeting, "Killing that nigger gave me no more inner discomfort than our wives endure when they give birth to our children." Yet he has remained free...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dispatches: Going the Last Mile with Medgar | 2/7/1994 | See Source »

...decision about every advertisement, on what grounds should we determine ads acceptable or unacceptable? Clearly, each newspaper sets its own standards, based on some combination of content and source. Would The Crimson run an ad that said only "Have a Nice Day," if the advertiser were the Ku Klux Klan? Would we run a hateful ad from an innocuous organization...

Author: By Joanna M. Weiss, | Title: Speechless | 1/7/1994 | See Source »

...According to the article in The Crimson, many students were outraged. Westfield student government secretary Kelly O'Neill wrote in an editorial, "When something is offensive or slanderous, it should not be said or printed." Another student, Owen Broadhurt, likened it to printing an ad for "the Ku Klux Klan, American Nazi Party, D'Aubisson death squads, or similar hideous miscreants...

Author: By Tehshik P. Yoon, | Title: Topless Liberalism Running Wild | 10/20/1993 | See Source »

Students, however, continue to take offense atthe ad. In a letter to the editor of The Owl,Westfield student Owen Broadhurt compared thedecision to run the ad for female dancers toprinting an ad for "the Ku Klux Klan, AmericanNazi Party, D'Aubisson death squads, or similarhideous miscreants...

Author: By Dov P. Grossman, | Title: Ad Sparks Debate Over Free Speech | 10/15/1993 | See Source »

...young skins awakened a homeless black man named Benny Rembert and knifed him to death. It was the killers' idea of celebration; they had been drinking in honor of Hitler's birthday. Says Sergeant W.D. McAnally of the Birmingham police department, who helped arrest several local skins: "Hell, the Klan is a bunch of old farts who ride around shooting and cussing, burn a cross and then go home. These little kids will get worked up and go out and kill somebody...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When White Makes Right | 8/9/1993 | See Source »

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