Copies of the great #AllenGinsberg poem #Howl were seized by #UnitedStatesCustoms on #ThisDayInHistory in 1957, and #LawrenceFerlinghetti and #ShigeyoshiMurao of #CityLightsBooks were charged with obscenity. They were later acquitted and continued publishing #BeatGeneration work.
March 25, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Copies of the great #AllenGinsberg poem #Howl were seized by #UnitedStatesCustoms on #ThisDayInHistory in 1957, and #LawrenceFerlinghetti and #ShigeyoshiMurao of #CityLightsBooks were charged with obscenity. They were later acquitted and continued publishing #BeatGeneration work.