About Edward de Grazia
Lived 1927 – 2013 (aged 86). Edward de Grazia was an American historian, lawyer, jurist, political activist and university teacher.
Edward Richard de Grazia (February 5, 1927 – April 11, 2013) was an American lawyer, writer, and free speech activist.
De Grazia was born in Chicago. He practiced law in Washington, D.C., and then worked for a time with UNESCO in Paris (1956 to 1959). Grove Press v. Gerstein (1964), censorship of Henry Miller's Tropic of Cancer (1934), decided with Jacobellis v. Ohio 1965 - censorship of William S. Burroughs' Naked Lunch (1959) 1967 censorship of film I Am Curious (Yellow) (1967) Defense of Lenny Bruce
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American lawyer, writer, and free speech activist (1927-2013)
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Edward de Grazia was born on 5 February 1927.
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Edward de Grazia died on 11 April 2013.
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Edward de Grazia was a historian, lawyer, jurist, political activist and university teacher.
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Edward de Grazia was American.
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