1st Amendment on Trial: The Case of the Detroit Six
(Producers Ronald Aronson and Judith Montell for The Historical Society for the United States District Court - Eastern District of Michigan)

In the 1950s, six leaders of the Communist Party in Detroit were arrested, tried, convicted, and imprisoned for conspiring to teach and advocate the violent overthrow of the United States government. Their convictions were later set aside when the Supreme Court decided that advocating Communism was not a crime. 1st Amendment on Trial: The Case of the Detroit Six chronicles how the Federal government overreacted to dissent during the Cold War. The story is told by the prosecutor, the defense attorney, a defendant, and two of the defendants’ children. The free speech issues are placed in perspective by historians and the chief judge of the federal court where the trial took place.

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