Professor wins speech ruling NATIONAL NKW V( )Kk (AH — A pro fessor's right to free speech was violated when City Col lege of New York dismissed him from a < hairmanship because ha made a speet h that was widely critic ized as racist, a )ucigt* ruiiHi Tuesday Jeffries' lawsuit sought SZ5 million ana rein statement as chairman of black studios The iurv will now dei ide who spis ificailv violated Jeffries rights and consider damages The judge will dei ide later if Jeffries gets his chairmanship bai k Outside of the court. Jeffries thanked his sup porters. "All we wanted was our day in court he said But the decision dot's not necessarily mean that Ij-onard Jeffries will get the job bar k Jeffries. 5fi, lost Jus chair manship of black studies, a position he had nearly 2d years, less than a year after delivering the July 1991 ipeecb in Albany He has remained on the school's faculty In the speech, Jeffries said that Jews and the Mafia had ‘All we wanted was our day in court. The issue has for us always been a constitutional one.’ - Professor Leonard Jeffries, free speech was violated I he issue has lor us always b*H>n a constitutional out' Attorney General Robert Abrams, whose office handled the case for the State si bool, said the ruling "puts handcuffs on the abilitv of ( UNV administra tors to properly manage their campuses." City University spokesman |av Hershenson promised an appenl t he indue said he tits ided the conspired to belmi*? blacks in the movies, and that Jews had helped finance the slave trade. The jury was shown a video of the 75-minute speech in whit h Jeffries also said sc hool books fail to accurately describe Africa’s place in world his tory. Jeffries ret ailed as a youngster watt lung mot ies "where the African people were completely deni grated." In accordance with U S. Supreme Court guide lines. l) S. District Judge Kenneth Conboy dm ided the free .speech issue himself, and the jury decided that Jeffries' constitutional right to due process was violated. free spetn li issue after weighing Jeffries' right to speak freely on matters of publii t om ern rontpanui with the rights of a school to "promote tfte efftt tent v of the pnblit services it performs through its employees The judge noted that the subjer t of the s|ms« h reform of tfu* nation s educational t urriculum "was part of a dobatt! that has broad and entretne ly significant implication* for American society "While it is quite understandable that some nut consider certain statements in Professor leffries speech to be offensive, these statements do not dilute the high degree of public com ern that is at the core of the speei h." he said ET ALS MFFTINGS Baha'i Study Ciroup v% itl mwl tonight ai 7.30 in FMU ( jiniury Room l) For ntor* information, call 344-11619 I eminist theory l>»« umhmi (iroup wilt moot today at i 10 j> m. in KMU (amfury Room B For morv information, call '.*44* 40*W Alpha I'hi (>mega Membership (!om millrr will lliwt tonight IfOBI ? tu 0 ill KMli Century Room li For mom inform* - I ton. rail 340 0794 SluiimU fur I mted Naliotn will twvr a general mooting tonight from i tuti »« F.MU Century Room F For mmw inform* turn, call 346 ‘,i?94 A*»*n-Vat ific-Amerit an Student I niim <•*.*»* iitiwill mmrt at 4 j» m and member* will moot lodav at S |i m tn Room 29 KMi1 For mof* Information, t all 340 9315 Vietnamese Student A»mm lation wdl have an officen m«9tin| tonight at 7 in Hmj Smith Hall lounge For more inform* tton. tali 344 IUW7 Woman tn Krligmn Reading Croup will in mil today from noon to I 30 p tn in Room f»M> Hx: ASUO * uciitivt will have an organ!aa I tonal nwetiiu in aupporl of the rat*. gen dor and non f uruuaan rnt|u*rtW**«'ni today «{ 11 a m tn I Ml! ianiar room* t and l) For mom information rat) 346-3724 Khti Omega Tttt Chi will tuor an o*g* iu/at tonal moot mg fur ail ROTC ititwan* ami military personnel iu»L*y from i info pm in Roam (ft in the FMt! 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