ACLU Protecting Speech since 1920

ACLU Protecting Speech since 1920

Pacifists
Women political activists--Michigan--Detroit
Protest and social movements
First amendment cases
Freedom of speech
Assembly, Right of
American Civil Liberties Union

A peace protest is depicted in this image. There are two older women, two men, and two police officers, standing next to a lamp post and a cross walk sign. The backs of the police officers are facing the camera. One is wearing a hat and has a citation book visible in his pocket. A patch on his shoulder identifies him as a Ferndale police officer. They are speaking to one of the women, Nancy (McGuire) Goedert; behind her stands another older woman and a man in a blazer. Another man is seen looking on behind the police officers. Goedert holds two protest signs that read, "POLICE SAY DON'T HONK for PEACE" in her arms, and a small American flag in the other.

The police officers, one of whom was a childhood friend of her sons, asked Goedert to give them her signs to avoid being ticketed for encouraging motorists to honk their horns. She refused and was issued a citation, and they confiscated her signs.

The image has a sepia-tone and has been fashioned into a postcard distributed by the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan. The ACLU logo is on the bottom and says, "Protecting speech since 1920."

ACLU Michigan

ACLU Michigan

7/17/2006

Rights over this item are held by the ACLU of Michigan

Semi-gloss paper stock ; 6.75 x 4.75in. ; sepia

English

Still image

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