"Fighting words" :Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire and Jehovah's Witnesses in New Hampshire during World War II Historical New Hampshire / Shawn Francis Peters.

Title:

"Fighting words" :Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire and Jehovah's Witnesses in New Hampshire during World War II Historical New Hampshire / Shawn Francis Peters.

Alternative Title:

Fighting words : Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire and Jehovah's Witnesses in New Hampshire during World War II

Author:

Peters, Shawn Francis, 1966-

Call Number:

977.8 N5321h

Publication Information:

Concord, NH: New Hampshire Historical Society, 2005.

Physical Description:

p. 113-129 : ill. ; 28 cm.

Source:

Vol. 59, No.2 (Fall 2005) Historical New Hampshire.

Description:

In April 1940, Walter Chaplinsky, a Jehovah's Witness, made a religious speech in a public square in Rochester, New Hampshire. After mob attacked Chaplinsky, he (not the members of the mob) was arrested and convicted of using offensive language in a public place. Chaplinsky appealed his conviction to the US Supreme Court. He lost and spent six months in prison. Chaplinsky's case and others involving Jehovah's Witnesses in New Hampshire indicate the extent of the discrimination against the pacifist sect immediately before and during World War II.

Language:

English.

Subjects:

Trials New Hampshire. , Civil rights New Hampshire.

People:

Chaplinsky, Walter. , Covington, Hayden, 1911-1978.

Organizations:

Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania New Hampshire.
New Hampshire Historical Society Periodicals History.

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