This weekend, scheduled protests filled the streets in all 50 states in what were dubbed "Hands Off!" demonstrations.

Race Relations Board press conference, Nov. 11, 1968 Ridley Road is set in 1962 and shows British police actually protecting National Socialist Movement rallies under freedom of speech laws.

Freedom of speech is a bellwether: how any society tolerates those with minority, disfavored, or even obnoxious views will often speak to its performance on human rights more generally.