32nd Annual Davis, Markert, Nickerson Lecture on Academic and Intellectual Freedom
32nd Annual Davis, Markert, Nickerson Lecture on Academic and Intellectual Freedom
The annual lecture is named for three U-M faculty members—Chandler Davis, Clement Markert, and Mark Nickerson—who in 1954 were called to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee. All invoked constitutional rights and refused to answer questions about their political associations. The three were suspended from the University with subsequent hearings and committee actions resulting …