On this day in 1975: Black hecklers prevent David Duke, a little-known Ku Klux Klansman from Louisiana, from speaking at the University of North Carolina’s Memorial Auditorium. Chancellor Ferebee Taylor calls the incident “a transgression of one of the highest and noblest traditions of this institution.” Duke will go on to form the National Association […]
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Shouting down Klansman violated ‘noblest traditions’
Posted in On This Day, tagged david duke, ferebee taylor, free speech at unc, ku klux klan on January 16, 2013 | 1 Comment »
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