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Which pamphlet did D.W. Griffith publish in response to criticism of The Birth of a Nation?
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D.W. Griffith.
In response to the intense criticism and public outcry regarding the racism depicted in his 1915 film The Birth of a Nation, D.W. Griffith published a pamphlet titled The Rise and Fall of Free Speech in America (1915).1
In this publication, Griffith argued against the practice of censorship and condemned what he characterized as intolerance.1