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...Open Letter to Lionel Lindsay, President of the Boston NAACP...
...November 1st issue of the Harvard CRIMSON, that according to the Boston Film Society, the movie, "Birth of a Nation," was not shown here at Harvard on Friday, October 31st, as scheduled, because of forcible "banning" due to pressure from "a Negro association," presumably the local chapter of the NAACP. In this morning's CRIMSON there is reported a denial by you that your organization had exerted any pressure on the Film Society leading to the last-minute cancellation of the film. I was very pleased to see this and should hope that your organization is now taking a more...
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 Crocker said he used the outdated telegram "because the NAACP had protested before, and we wanted to convince people there was a strong feeling against the film...
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...