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There were no pickets at Birth of a Nation.
Although the Boston NAACP in a telegram to President Conant, protested the showing, and several students advised the City of Cambridge to ban the film, the show went on twice on both Monday and Tuesday nights.
Peter Rossi, assistant professor of Social Relations, polled students on their reactions to the film. Results are not yet available, but film producer Carl Wagner '53 said a brief check showed over 98 per cent said the Liberal Union and Harvard Society for Minority Rights "showed good judgment" in exhibiting the controversial film.
"The poll results upheld our reasons for showing it," Wagner said.
By their protest, the Boston NAACP executive board reversed an earlier decision of their president, Lionel Lindsey.
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