Christopher M. Finan, author portrait
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Christopher M. Finan

Christopher M. Finan has been involved in the fight against censorshiop for 35 years. He is executive director of the National Coalition Against Censorship and the former president of the American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression. After working as a newspaper reporter, he studied American history at Columbia University, where he received his Ph.D. in 1992. He is the author of Alfred E. Smith: The Happy Warrior, Drunks: An American History, and From the Palmer Raids to the Patriot Act: A History of the Fight for Free Speech in America, winner of the American Library Association’s Eli M. Oboler Award.
Freedom of Speech
How Free Speech Saved Democracy

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Freedom of Speech
How Free Speech Saved Democracy

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Tue May 19 | 07:30 PM
GREENLIGHT BOOKSTORE
632 FLATBUSH AVE
BROOKLYN, NY 11225-5606
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Fri Jun 12
POWERHOUSE ARENA INC
28 ADAMS ST
BROOKLYN, NY 11201-1172
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Mon Jul 06 | 07:00 PM
HARVARD BOOK STORE INC
1256 MASSACHUSETTS AVE
CAMBRIDGE, MA 02138-3820
Google Map

Tue Jul 07
THE PURPLE COUCH BOOKSHOP
350 WINTHROP AVE STE 9B
NORTH ANDOVER, MA 01845-4289
Google Map

Wed Jul 08 | 07:00 PM
Purple Couch Bookshop
350 Winthrop Ave. Unit 9B
North Andover, MA 01845
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