DATE: ca. 1950
SCOPE: One pamphlet regarding the five Saint Louisians jailed under the "Smith Thought Control Act" (possibly the Smith Act, or Alien Registration Act of 1940, which saw radicals, communists, and civil rights leaders indicted, under Title I of the act, Subversive Activities).
The five Saint Louisians jailed were: Bill Sentner, trade-union leader; Marcus Murphy, civil rights activist; James Forest, working class activist; Dorothy Forest, civil rights activist; and Bob Manewitz, trade unionist.
The pamphlet also contains propaganda against the Veiled Prophet and the VP Parade.
PROVENANCE: Acquired from the University of Missouri - Kansas City Special Collections.
EXTENT: 1 pamphlet
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RESTRICTIONS: None
Preferred Citation note: The preferred citation for this collection is “From the Special Collections of the St. Louis Mercantile Library at the University of Missouri – St. Louis.”
