National Campaign for the Reform of the Obscene Publications Acts explained

The National Campaign for the Reform of the Obscene Publications Acts (NCROPA) was an anti-censorship campaigning organisation whose goal was the reform of Britain's obscenity laws, in particular the Obscene Publications Act 1959. It was set up in 1976 by the actor David Webb as a response to Mary Whitehouse's conservative morality group National Viewers and Listeners Association.[1] NCROPA's original name was the National Campaign for the Repeal of the Obscene Publications Acts but it was soon amended. The last year for which NCROPA had any measurable activity was 1998, and with the death of its founder in June 2012 it effectively ceased to exist.

In December 2014 it was absorbed into the Campaign Against Censorship, an organisation with which it had had an overlapping membership.[2] The NCROPA's archives are now held by Warwick University's Modern Records Centre.[3]

Notable members

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: DServe Archive Catalog Show. dscalm.warwick.ac.uk. 2016-04-17.
  2. Web site: A Brief History Of NCROPA. Alexander Baron. 3 December 2013. 25 July 2016.
  3. Web site: The Discovery Service. The National Archives. discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk. en-GB. 2016-04-17.
  4. Web site: NCROPA Evidence To The Committee On Obscenity And Film Censorship. April 1978. 32.
  5. Web site: A blue plaque for a blue lady: Risqué film star Mary Millington honoured. Blackburn. Virginia. Express.co.uk. 8 April 2016 . 2016-04-17.