Sexual Freedom League records, 1962-1983 (bulk 1964-1973).

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Sexual Freedom League records, 1962-1983 (bulk 1964-1973).

Research and reference files, including correspondence. Includes a substantial, but incomplete, run of the SFL Newsletter (March 1965-April 1971), as well as scattered samples of other serials on issues of sexual freedom. Files compiled by Jefferson Poland, a League activist.

9 cartons, 1 oversize folder (11.25 linear feet)

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SNAC Resource ID: 8282502

UC Berkeley Libraries

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Poland, Jefferson F., 1942-2017

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John Jefferson Poland (July 12, 1942 – November 17, 2017) better known as John Fuck Poland was an activist, co-founder of the Sexual Freedom League, and convicted child molester. Poland was born in Indiana in 1942. He became a student at Florida State University and majored in sociology. He was expelled from that university in 1960 for his integrationist work with the Congress for Racial Equality (CORE). He participated with the Freedom Riders in Florida and in June 1961 was one of the "Talla...

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Sexual Freedom League

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The Sexual Freedom League was founded in New York City in 1963 with local chapters, including the Sexual Freedom League of San Francisco. The East Bay Sexual Freedom League was reorganized in 1967 as the Sexual Freedom League, Inc., with national headquarters in Oakland. An undated flier in the collection states that "The Sexual Freedom League of San Francisco is a group of people who join together to defend freedom of choice in everyone's sex life." From the description of Sexual Fr...