Jehovah's child : the case of Deena Metzger

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Jehovah's child : the case of Deena Metzger
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Excerpts from a press conference that was held on Wednesday, September 17, 1969 concerning the case Deena Metzger and Leslie Hoag, both teachers at Los Angeles Valley College. Both women were suspended from their teaching jobs for assigning Metzger's poem "Jehovah's Child," which was deemed obscene by the junior college's Board of Trustees, to their classes, and were then reinstated in non-teaching positions. The conference was attended by Metzger's attorney, David Finkle; Robert Ruhl, professor of psychology at Los Angeles City College and president of the American Federation of Teachers Local 1521; Leo Geffner, attorney for the College Guild of the AFT; Don Anderson, executive secretary for the College Guild; and ACLU attorney Laurence Sperber. Greg Barron narrates.

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17 Sept. 1969
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KPFK, 19 Sept. 1969.
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1 reel (56 min.) : 7 1/2 ips, mono.
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Los Angeles : Pacifica Radio Archives, 1969
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RESTRICTED. Permissions, licensing requests, Curriculum Initiative, Campus Campaign and all other inquiries should be directed to: Mark Torres, Archives Director, 800-735-0230, Mark@PacificaRadioArchives.org
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This recording has been digitally preserved as part of Pacifica's American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 grant preservation project, and is available for research and reference . Please contact the archives via telephone: 818-506-1077 or email:  americanwomen at pacificaradioarchives dot org for information on how to obtain a copy of this program. Thank you.



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