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Bill Murphy and the Hidden Inner Layer of Academic Freedom

By Eric Muller

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Late last September I blogged about my UNC colleague Bill Murphy shortly after he passed away. I focused on the remarkable and tragic story of how he was driven out of his teaching position at Ole Miss for refusing to condemn Brown v. Board of Education. Recently I learned the less well-known story of how Bill was effectively driven out of the University of Missouri in 1970-1971. It's quite a tale. It illustrates well that some of the most potent threats to academic freedom can come from inside, rather than outside, the university. The short paper is available via SSRN.

Full post as published by Is That Legal on March 19, 2008 (boomark / email).

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