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Direct linkMay, Matthew S. – Quarterly Journal of Speech, 2011
From 1909 to 1910, the public performance of soap-box oratory began to effect dramatic changes in the composition of migrant workers throughout the Pacific Northwest. Municipal authorities in Spokane attempted to curb the formation of a union of hobo orators by outlawing public speech-making within the city fire limits. The ensuing confrontation…
Descriptors: Historiography, Freedom of Speech, Migrants, Migrant Workers
