Word: naacp
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Open Letter to Lionel Lindsay, President of the Boston NAACP...
Commenting on the fact that Crocker had posted a telegram from the NAACP as an explanation to patrons of the controversial film's cancellation, NAACP president Lionel Lindsay said, "I don't know who engineered this telegram, but we had no knowledge of Friday's showing." Lindsay is sending a letter criticizing Crocker's action to Associate Dean Robert B. Watson...
...date on the telegram, which implied a threat to picket the film, was May 28, 1948. The date was obscured by a large black arrow pointing to the text. Crocker said he used the outdated telegram "because the NAACP had protested before, and we wanted to convince people there was a strong feeling against the film...
...Museum, where the controversial film was to have been shown, told over 250 disappointed students it was "the better part of wisdom" to yield to the demands of the Boston Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Beside the note was a telegram from the NAACP, calling the showing "actionable," and saying the Society would be held "responsible for any repercussions." The telegram was sent...
Watson had objected to the showing when informed the Boston Film Society had substituted the film for a previously scheduled film, although two student organizations had previously announced plans to show it. One group, the Liberal Union, had desired to co-sponsor it with the College's NAACP affiliate as an example of anti-Negro propaganda. Its showing was scheduled for next week...