Heed Their Rising Voices
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"Heed Their Rising Voices" is a 1960 civil rights fundraising advertisement published in The New York Times that became central to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case New York Times Co. v. Sullivan.
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
civil rights advertisement
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newspaper advertisement ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | American civil rights movement NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralTo | New York Times Co. v. Sullivan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| circulationContext | national newspaper audience in the United States ⓘ |
| controversy | alleged factual inaccuracies about police conduct in Montgomery ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| format | full-page advertisement ⓘ |
| hasGenre |
advocacy advertisement
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political advertisement ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Civil Rights Era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | expansion of press freedom in the United States ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalSignificance |
evidence in U.S. Supreme Court case New York Times Co. v. Sullivan
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triggered libel lawsuit by L. B. Sullivan ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
civil rights movement
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freedom of speech ⓘ racial segregation in the United States ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| mentionsPerson | Martin Luther King Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mentionsPlace | Montgomery, Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mentionsTopic |
police misconduct
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racial injustice ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being subject of a major libel action
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role in landmark First Amendment case ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1960-03-29 ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1960 ⓘ |
| publishedIn | The New York Times NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisher | The New York Times Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose |
fundraising for civil rights causes
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support for Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ |
| relatedCourt | Supreme Court of the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedLegalArea |
First Amendment law
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defamation law ⓘ |
| relatedLegalDoctrine | actual malice standard ⓘ |
| relatedWork | New York Times Co. v. Sullivan (1964 Supreme Court decision) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| resultedIn | libel judgment in Alabama state courts prior to Supreme Court review ⓘ |
| rightsContext | freedom of the press in the United States ⓘ |
| sponsor | Committee to Defend Martin Luther King and the Struggle for Freedom in the South NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subsequentImpact | strengthening of constitutional protections for criticism of public officials ⓘ |
| temporalContext | early 1960s civil rights protests ⓘ |
| title | Heed Their Rising Voices NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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