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Obscenity
An obscenity is any statement or act which strongly offends the prevalent morality of the time, is a profanity, or is otherwise taboo, indecent, abhorrent, or disgusting, or is especially inauspicious...
Timeline of Events
1927
4.19.1927
Mae West is sentenced to 10 days in jail for obscenity for her play ''Sex''.
1955
4.3.1955
The American Civil Liberties Union announces it will defend Allen Ginsberg's book ''Howl'' against obscenity charges.
1960
11.2.1960
Penguin Books is found not guilty of obscenity in the ''Lady Chatterley's Lover'' case