Oklahoma Voices: Oklahoma Books on Trial (Jan 03, 2008)
Next time on Oklahoma Voices, we feature a recording made at Freedom of Information Oklahoma’s annual First Amendment Congress, held October 31 and November 1, 2007. Shirley and Wayne Wiegand discuss their book, Books on Trial, Red Scare in the Heartland, an account of the 1940 trial of four Oklahomans for violation of the state’s criminal syndicalism laws. At issue was the content of the books being sold in a bookstore. The case brought national attention.

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