Heed Their Rising Voices

Published in New York Times on March 29, 1960

Heed Their Rising Voices is a 1960 newspaper advertisement published in the New York Times. It was published on March 29, 1960 and paid for by the "Committee to Defend Martin Luther King and the Struggle for Freedom in the South". The purpose of the advertisement was to draw attention and support towards Martin Luther King, Jr. due to a recent felony charge of perjury leveled against him that could have resulted in a lengthy imprisonment.[1] The headline of the advertisement was drawn from a phrase used in the New York Times editorial, "Amendment XV", published on March 19, 1960.[2][3] The advertisement became the source of a libel suit in the United States Supreme Court case New York Times Co. v. Sullivan (1964).[2]

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  1. ↑ "State of Alabama V. M. L. King, Jr. (1956 and 1960)". The Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute. Stanford University. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
  2. 1 2 Hall, Kermit L.; Patrick, John J. (2006). "Freedom of the Press in a Free Society". The Pursuit of Justice: Supreme Court Decisions that Shaped America. Oxford University Press. pp. 141–149. ISBN 9780195311891.
  3. ↑ Amendment XV. New York Times. March 19, 1960. p. 20.
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