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Invitation to a Nazi

George Lincoln Rockwell’s appearance at Michigan became a classic battle in microcosm over the proper role of the First Amendment on a college campus.
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Protesters strung a banner across Hill's facade that equated Rockwell with Jim Crow rule in the American South.
Should he be allowed to use a University facility to shout his diatribe?
– U-M student Lloyd Graff

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