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DESCRIPTION:<strong>FREE!</strong>\n\nOn June 3\, 1957 (coincidentally Alle
 n Ginsberg's birthday)\, Shig Murao was arrested for selling an "obscene" 
 book to an undercover police officer. The book was <em>HOWL and Other Poem
 s</em> by Allen Ginsberg\, and according to Captain Hanrahan of the SFPD\,
  was only the first in a long list of books the department had deemed obje
 ctionable. Lawrence Ferlinghetti was arrested for having published the boo
 k shortly thereafter\, and the trial that ensued was among the defining ba
 ttles of the free speech movement.\n\nThe Beat Museum celebrateS the legac
 y of Shig Murao\, &ldquo\;the enigmatic soul of City Lights and the San Fr
 ancisco Beat scene&rdquo\; on the day of his infamous arrest\, and Allen G
 insberg&rsquo\;s birthday.\n\nEvent info: <a href="http://www.kerouac.com/
 events/">www.kerouac.com/events/</a>\n\nHosted by Richard Reynolds\nMore i
 nfo about Shig: <a href="http://ShigMurao.com/">ShigMurao.com</a>\n\n* * *
 \n\nArticles about Shig Murao on Discover Nikkei:\n\n<a href="/journal/201
 1/11/3/shigeyoshi-murao/">In Search of Shigeyoshi Murao</a>\nBy Patricia W
 akida\n\n<a href="/journal/2011/11/10/samurai-family/">Shig Murao: A Samur
 ai Family (1920)</a>\nBy Richard Reynolds
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SUMMARY:Shig Murao -- The Enigmatic Soul of City Lights and the San Francis
 co Beat Scene
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