Norman Mailer: Works and Days

Do Professors Have Rights?

Mailer article in the New York Post on an Indiana professor dismissed for his association with Progressive Party presidential candidate Henry A. Wallace — part of Mailer's 1948 political writing and campaigning.

“Do Professors Have Rights?” New York Post, 8 October 1948, 5, 34.

Article on an Indiana professor dismissed for his association with 1948 presidential candidate Henry Wallace. Mailer campaigned for Wallace upon his return from France on 21 July 1948.

Cross-references in Lennon: 48.11, 74.20, 13.2 (pp. 119–13).

First published: 1948-10-08
Form: article
Lennon & Lennon: 48.9
Cite as: /works/1948-10-08-do-professors-have-rights
Last updated: 2026-04-20