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May 2022
31m 41s

Don't Be Soft On Speech

Peach Fish Productions
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Dr. Walter Kimbrough, President of Dillard University has been a consistent advocate for speech on campus in his over 30 years in academia. He and Mike discuss some of the thornier cases in his career, which ultimately weren't close calls. Plus, the threat of white Supremacists and the danger to African-Americans should be put in context.

Produced by Joel Patterson and Corey Wara

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