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Transgender History at UM

Opinion on 1967 arrest of students for screening transvestite film "Flaming Creatures"

Item

Title
Opinion on 1967 arrest of students for screening transvestite film "Flaming Creatures"
Rights
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Type
Digital scan of newspaper page
Creator
Michigan Daily
Date
March 28th, 1967
Description
A digital scan of a page of the Michigan Daily from March 28th, 1967, featuring an editorial letter from Professor John E. Powers. Dr. Powers of the College of Engineering offered a "critical analysis" of the "Cinema Guild Incident," in which 4 UM students were arrested in January of that year for showing the experimental transvestite film "Flaming Creatures" on campus.
Format
PDF, 1.2 MB
Language
English
Place
Michigan Daily Digital Archives (based on physical archive currently stored at the Bentley Historical Library at the University of Michigan).
Publisher
Michigan Daily Digital Archives Project
Contributor
Dr. John E. Powers
Identifier
UM Cinema Guild Incident of 1967
Rights Holder
Michigan Daily, Board for Student Publications at the University of Michigan

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