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David M. (David Maxwell) Britt

1917–2009 · Dates from the Library of Congress · Library of Congress authority record ↗

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November 17, 1965 The General Assembly amends the Speaker Ban, returning speaker decisions to the trustees In a three-day special session called by Governor Dan K. Moore, the House voted 75 to 39 and the Senate 36 to 13 to amend the 1963 Speaker Ban so that the trustees of each state campus, rather than the law, would rule on visiting Communists and Fifth Amendment pleaders. Senators Robert Morgan and Tom White failed, 27 to 21, to require monthly reports on campus speakers. People: Dan K. Moore, David M. (David Maxwell) Britt Place: State Capitol, Raleigh · Also named: Robert Morgan, Tom WhiteThe Daily Tar Heel, November 18, 1965, p. 1

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Dan K. Moore 1 entry: The General Assembly amends the Speaker Ban, returning speaker decisions to the trustees (November 17, 1965)

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Letter: Corydon Spruill to David M. Britt, November 5, 1965

Spruill, C. P. (Corydon Perry), 1899-1988 · 1965

Letter of 5 November 1965 from C. P. Spruill to David M. Britt thanking him for his work on the Speaker Ban Study Commission. The Speaker Ban Law, passed on 25 June 1963, barred known Communists and certain others from speaking at the state's public colleges. One image.

Included because: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Britt, David M. (David Maxwell), 1917-2009.

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Letter: Lawrence Slifkin to David M. Britt, November 22, 1965

Slifkin, Lawrence M. · 1965

Lawrence Slifkin wrote David M. Britt, chairman of the Speaker Ban Study Commission, on 22 November 1965 to thank the commission for its work and for restoring the good name of the university in Chapel Hill. The 1963 Speaker Ban Law had restricted who could speak on North Carolina's public college campuses.

Included because: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Britt, David M. (David Maxwell), 1917-2009.

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NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.

Letter: William Friday to David M. Britt, October 19, 1965

Friday, William C. (William Clyde) · 1965

William C. Friday, president of the University of North Carolina, wrote David M. Britt of the Speaker Ban Study Commission on 19 October 1965, enclosing a statement titled 'The University and Communism'. The commission was then reviewing the 1963 law that restricted speakers on the state's public campuses.

Included because: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Britt, David M. (David Maxwell), 1917-2009.

NC Digital Collections

NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.

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