Inday KUlit
4 hours ago near Las Vegas
On march 29 1960 a full page advertisement appeared in the New York Times it was called “Heed their rising voices” and the ad was sign by 64 members of clergy and as well as other prominent people. Advertisement complained that the police od Alabama that ring the campus of Alabama state college and padlock the dinign hall in order to intimidate the protesters. That Dr. king had been arrested seven times and acts of violence that was act at the protesters. It appeals the fund to supports the student movement and the struggle of the right to vote and the legal defends of Dr. King.
In response of this ad L.B. sulban one of the 3 white elected city commisiners sued the NY times for libe l the priting of falsehood. Although he was never mention by name in the ad… but he maintain the words “the police in the ad” refered to him since he was the commissioner who supervise of mongomery police department. It turned out the ad contains some funtual errors that police did not ring the campus and dr king had been arrested only four times not seven. In addition the other alledge in one place the protesting students had sang “my country is my V”on the state capital steps when they actyually sang the national anthem. However all the white jury found the ny times guilty of liobel for publishing the ad and awarded Sullivan 500000 tyo Sullivan in damages .. Ny times appeals.. because 500000 is a fortune in 1964 even in NY times.
The law suit id part of the effort by the white leadership of Montgomery to destroy the civil rights movement. If the verdict was apheld the ny times and others news pepers and many media outlets might be force to stoppend acceopt ads in…
