CHAPTER 8 THE REDISCOVERY OF THE FIRST AMENDMENT

"It was during the progressive era, particularly between 1910 and 1917 that a free-speech movement began to stir as writters and artists in rebellion against genteel culture discovered a common cause with radical dissenters on the left in the battle against censorship. A new generation of young intellectuals, convinced that America's old Puritan hypocracy stood in the way of an honest understanding and full enjoyment of life, sought to open up disscussion of sex, birth control, and other forbidden subject."

This was a very progressive time for censorship, and more liberal thinking which kind of came from one another. Politics and society made it very uncomfortable to discuss topics such as sex, and birth control freely. Then more liberal thinkers began to question the political aspect of censorship with the First Amendment. The spread of ideas was inevitable and no censorship wasg going to stop people from freely utilizing their given rights.