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•NBC Memo
Debris MeBain
Mayor Smith:
Per our conversation, attached is
text of Nazi Court Ruling Editorial.
I have set aside tape time for you for
Tuesday, March 7, 1978 at 11:00 a.m.
If there is a problem with this date &
time, please do not hesitate to give me
a call.
If your text is prepared on Monday, it
could be taken down via phone by
me and typed for teleprompter on
Tuesday when you arrive. In any case,
I will need the text by 9a30 a/m
Tuesday.
�Federal Judge Bernard Decker has ruled that Skokie ordinances that
were designed to prevent Nazis from demonstrating in that suburb are
unconstitutional.
One quote from the judge's decision is particularly significant. "It
is better/1 he said, n to allow those who preach racial hate to expend
their venom in rhetoric rather than to be panicked into embarking on a
dangerous course of permitting the government to decide what its citizens
may say and hear."
It is certainly understandable that the people of Skokie, most of whom
are Jewish, find hateful the doctrine preached by the Nazis.
And they are fearful that violence that has accompanied previous
Nazi marches could result in their community. But violence most often
involves two sides. Allowing the Nazis to march in Skokie will result in
no disturbances if they are left alone and ignored.
The idea of a counter demonstration somewhere else is fine. Let the
people of Skokie express their feelings in their own peaceful way.
Naturally they have a right to do that which is protected by the First
Amendment.
• •• •
But, hard as it may be for us to accept the idea, Nazis rights are
protected too.
American freedoms are diminished unless they can withstand the
tough tests, like the question of Nazi punks marching with swastikas
in Skokie.
But as Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes said, the First Amendment
protects free thought — "not free thought for those who agree with us
but freedom for the thought we hate."
(This editorial was broadcast February 25 & 27, 1978.)
�
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Attempted Nazi March in Skokie, 1977 and 1978, Digital Collection
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<p>During the late 1970s, a small group of neo-Nazis based in Chicago attempted to hold a rally in the Village of Skokie, Illinois, a community that was known to have a large Jewish population. Local officials resisted the group’s efforts through by passing a series of ordinances aimed at preventing demonstrations or parades by hate groups. The ordinances were ultimately overturned following a series of state and federal lawsuits because they infringed on the group’s First Amendment rights and the neo-Nazis were issued a permit to demonstrate in Skokie. However, instead of facing the growing number of organized counter-demonstrators, the group held rallies in Federal Plaza and in Marquette Park in Chicago. <br /><br />Visit <a title="Attempted Nazi March in Skokie" href="https://skokiehistory.omeka.net/exhibits/show/attempted-nazi-march/timeline">Skokie Public Library's online exhibit</a> to see the events as they unfolded. The library's digital collection, seen here, includes newspaper articles, editorials, recordings from the Skokie Village Board of Trustees meetings, a memoir written by a local clergywoman, and two documentary films.</p>
<p>For further information, you can find more resources in the library. If you have questions or comments send us an <a title="email Skokie Public Library" href="mailto:tellus@skokielibrary.info">email </a>or call us at 847-673-3733.</p>
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<h3><a title="Attempted Nazi March in Skokie" href="https://skokiehistory.omeka.net/exhibits/show/attempted-nazi-march/timeline">Attempted Nazi March in Skokie online exhibit</a></h3>
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Skokie History
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Skokie Public Library
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Note from NBC to Mayor Albert J. Smith and Attached Editorial
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MeBain, Deloris
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Typewritten note to Mayor Albert Smith from Deloris MeBain of the local NBC television affiliate in Chicago. The note regards setting up a time for Smith to record a statement in response to an attached NBC Editorial. The note contains handwritten notes about the location, about changing the dates and about cancelling. The attached editorial, which aired on February 25, 1978 and February 27, 1978, addresses the ruling by Judge Bernard Decker that the Skokie ordinances were unconstitutional.
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03-00-1978
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Demonstrations -- Illinois -- Skokie
National Socialist Party of America -- Press coverage
Smith, Albert J., 1915-1993
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2004.012.030.pdf
Skokie Historical Society 2004.012.030
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eng
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1970s (1970-1979)
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Original item from the collection of the Skokie Historical Society
letters