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Extraction Summary
4
People
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Organizations
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Locations
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Events
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Relationships
3
Quotes
Document Information
Type:
Manuscript page / book draft / legal exhibit
File Size:
2.67 MB
Summary
This document appears to be a page from a manuscript or memoir (likely by Alan Dershowitz, given the context of Harvard and First Amendment advocacy found in House Oversight docs) discussing historical clashes between civil libertarians and feminists regarding pornography. The narrator details events at Harvard University's Quincy House surrounding the screening of the film 'Deep Throat,' including student votes, administrative responses, violent incidents (shootings/firebombing), and organized protests which the narrator supported despite defending the legal right to show the material.
People (4)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| Narrator ('I') | Author/Speaker |
Discusses First Amendment rights, gave an interview to Playboy, criticized 'new feminist censors', supported protests...
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| Dean of Students | Administrator at Harvard University |
Wrote a letter urging the Quincy House Film Society not to show Deep Throat but refused to ban it.
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| Quincy House women | Students/Protesters |
Opposed the showing of Deep Throat, organized votes and protests.
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| Prominent local feminist speakers | Speakers |
Invited to address protesters at Quincy House.
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Organizations (5)
| Name | Type | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Harvard University |
Location of the events described.
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| Quincy House |
Harvard dormitory where the film showing and protests occurred.
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| Quincy House Film Society |
Student group that voted to show the film Deep Throat.
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| Playboy magazine |
Interviewed the narrator; subject of protests and boycotts.
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| Penthouse |
Mentioned as a publication protected by the First Amendment.
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Timeline (4 events)
Unknown (Historical context)
Vote on showing Deep Throat at Quincy House
Quincy House, Harvard University
Quincy House students
Unknown (Historical context)
Scheduled protest/picket against Deep Throat showing
Quincy House
Locations (2)
| Location | Context |
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Location where a bookstore window was shot through.
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Dormitory at Harvard University.
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Relationships (2)
Narrator states 'I supported their protest' regarding the picket against the film.
Dean wrote a letter urging them not to show the film but did not ban it.
Key Quotes (3)
"“Take what [some of these] women are now doing and ask yourself the question. Would you favor it if their objection were to books about atheism or communism instead of pornography? If you would say no, then it seems to me that you can’t be in favor of a boycott against stores that sell Playboy and Penthouse, because they’re equally protected."Source
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Quote #1
"I argued that it is precisely the function of the First Amendment to protect those whose speech offends and degrades."Source
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Quote #2
"All propaganda is within the central core of the First Amendment."Source
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Quote #3
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