Newspaper
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"Porn Wins Round at UR"
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Title
"Porn Wins Round at UR"
Author
Richard Whitmire
Publication Date
January 31st, 1979
Published By
Times-Union
Description
Newspaper article about screening of pornographic film "The Story of O" on the University of Rochester campus. Members of R-WAVAW protested the first attempted screening.
Name of Collection
Rochester Women Against Violence Against Women Archive
Folder Number
3
Folder Name
"Protests and Demonstrations"
Approximate Date of Materials in Folder
1979, 1980, 1982
General Description of Folder Contents
Finished and draft RWAVAW flyers for events and consciousness-raising; public statements and fact sheets for rape trial; press releases, newspaper clippings, and information about boycott events. RWAVAW events: self-defense class, "Primal Fear" film screening. speakout, Take Back the Night march, March in Times Square. Photograph from protest.
Archived At
Visual Studies Workshop
