The Jefferson Muzzle Awards are an award given in the United States by the Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression to people who are perceived to undermine freedom of speech.
2016 Jefferson Muzzle Awards For the first time in 25 years, the Jefferson Center expanded anti-free speech awards to 50 recipients, the 2016 award is also unique in the aspect that all of the recipients are colleges.
Conversely, the Jefferson Center commended the University of Chicago, American University, Purdue University, and Princeton University for issuing "broadest possible latitude" statements concerning speech policy on their campuses.
Alma College Amherst Brown Butler University Clemson University Colorado College Community College of Philadelphia Duke Emory Emporia State University George Washington University Hamilton College Harvard University Kean University Kutztown University of Pennsylvania Le Moyne College Louisiana State University Loyola University Chicago Northern Michigan University Northwestern Norwich University Oberlin College Old Dominion University Princeton University Saint Louis University Santa Barbara City College Smith College Southern Illinois University-Carbondale St. John Fisher College SUNY Buffalo Texas Christian University Texas Tech University of California, Los Angeles University of California System University of California-Berkeley University of Mary Washington University of Minnesota University of Missouri University of Missouri School of Law University of North Texas University of Oklahoma University of Oregon University of San Diego University of Southern California University of Tulsa Utica College Wesleyan University Williams College Yale University Youngstown State
2017 Jefferson Muzzle Awards The administration of Boca Raton Community High School The State Government of Illinois The California State Legislature and Governor Jerry Brown Florida's Collier County School District The United States Senate Bradley County (Tennessee) Sheriff Eric Watson The United States Olympic Committee The Pierce College Administration and the Los Angeles Community College North Carolina's Cumberland County School Superintendent, Frank Till, Jr.
2018 Jefferson Muzzle Awards Kearny High School (Missouri) U.S. Capitol Police Windfern High School Principal Martha Strother Starkville, Mississippi Board of Aldermen Oregon State Board of Examiners for Engineering and Land Surveying Parkway High School Principal Waylon Bates Herriman High School (Utah)
See also
William O. Douglas Prize
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