SPECIAL COLLECTIONS: RSS 1, Box 248, Folder 1: Davis, Angela - Clippings 1969-1972

NB: These are notes I took for my research, they are not meant to be in anyway comprehensive nor an unbiased reading of the file, my hope is that they may be helpful for folks to find relevant files, that they can then go read in more detail in Special Collections.

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1. October 2nd, UCLA keeps Angela despite Regents firing.
   
2. October 3rd, - UCSD academic senate condemn Regents for firing Angela
   
3. October 6th - 2000 students show up to Dr. Davis’ first lecture
   
4. October 20th, Judge rules that the firing of Angela was unconstitutional
   
   1. Others argue teaching is a privilege not a right
      
5. Lots of letters to McGill from conservative San Diegans shaming him, including one that implies he should follow the USSR’s example and have “people like Marcuse and Davis” sent to an insane asylum
   
   1. Another attached biblical literature
      

To L.A. Times Editor “Dear Editor:/Under the false concept of “Academic Freedom”, we now must have Communist Teachers. Well, under this so called cloak of “Academic Freedom” why not have “Murder” teachers as well? There isn’t a dime’s worth of difference!” From C.C. Moseley - October 27th, 1969