Author: Harry Kalven
Publisher: Columbus : Ohio State U. P
ISBN:
Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 218
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Based on lectures at the Ohio State Law Forum in April, 1964, showing the impact of the Negro Civil Rights Movement on the U.S. Constitution First Amendment.
Author: James De Bois Williams
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : African American press
Languages : en
Pages : 26
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Author: Timothy C. Shiell
Publisher: SUNY Press
ISBN: 1438475810
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 226
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The first detailed examination of African Americans and First Amendment rights, from the colonial era to the present. African Americans and the First Amendment is the first book to explore in detail the relationship between African Americans and our “first freedoms,” especially freedom of speech. Timothy C. Shiell utilizes an interdisciplinary approach to demonstrate that a strong commitment to civil liberty and to racial equality are mutually supportive, as they share an opposition to orthodoxy and a commitment to greater inclusion and participation. This crucial connection is evidenced throughout US history, from the days of colonial and antebellum slavery to Jim Crow: in the landmark US Supreme Court decision in 1937 freeing the black communist Angelo Herndon; in the struggles and victories of the civil rights movement, from the late 1930s to the late ’60s; and in the historical and modern debates over hate speech restrictions. Liberty and equality can conflict in individual cases, Shiell argues, but there is no fundamental conflict between them. Robust First Amendment values protect and encourage demands for racial equality while weak First Amendment values, in contrast, lead to censorship and a chilling of demands for racial equality. “A splendid book on all accounts, and a necessary one in today’s heated debate over free speech.” — Donald Alexander Downs, author of Restoring Free Speech and Liberty on Campus
Author: Wilford H Smith
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781484836330
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 28
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The colored people in the United States are indebted to the beneficent provisions of the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments to the Constitution of the United States, for the establishment of their freedom and citizenship, and it is to these mainly they must look for the maintenance of their liberty and the protection of their civil rights. These amendments followed close upon the Emancipation Proclamation issued January 1st, 1863, by President Lincoln, and his call for volunteers, which was answered by more than three hundred thousand negro soldiers, who, during three years of military service, helped the Union arms to victory at Appomattox. Standing in the shadow of the awful calamity and deep distress of the civil war, and grateful to God for peace and victory over the rebellion, the American people, who upheld the Union, rose to the sublime heights of doing justice to the former slaves, who had grown and multiplied with the country from the early settlement at Jamestown.
Author: Robert J. Wagman
Publisher: World Almanac Books
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 300
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Explains the origin and history of the First Amendment, discussing its guarantee of freedom of the press, tracing its evolution, and containing firsthand accounts of press freedom challenges by top newspaper editors.
Author: Timothy C. Shiell
Publisher: State University of New York Press
ISBN: 1438475837
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 226
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The first detailed examination of African Americans and First Amendment rights, from the colonial era to the present. African Americans and the First Amendment is the first book to explore in detail the relationship between African Americans and our “first freedoms,” especially freedom of speech. Timothy C. Shiell utilizes an interdisciplinary approach to demonstrate that a strong commitment to civil liberty and to racial equality are mutually supportive, as they share an opposition to orthodoxy and a commitment to greater inclusion and participation. This crucial connection is evidenced throughout US history, from the days of colonial and antebellum slavery to Jim Crow: in the landmark US Supreme Court decision in 1937 freeing the black communist Angelo Herndon; in the struggles and victories of the civil rights movement, from the late 1930s to the late ’60s; and in the historical and modern debates over hate speech restrictions. Liberty and equality can conflict in individual cases, Shiell argues, but there is no fundamental conflict between them. Robust First Amendment values protect and encourage demands for racial equality while weak First Amendment values, in contrast, lead to censorship and a chilling of demands for racial equality. Timothy C. Shiell is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin–Stout. His books include Campus Hate Speech on Trial: Second Edition, Revised and Legal Philosophy: Selected Readings.
Author: John L. Love
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 40
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Author: Walter Berns
Publisher: New York : Greenwood Press
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 292
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Author: William W. Van Alstyne
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Civil rights
Languages : en
Pages : 180
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This supplement is a compilation containing updated cases relating to First Amendment law. Subjects covered include First Amendment issues concerning social advocacy, nonpolitical speech, the Church-State clauses, and cases defining Religion.
Author: Library of Congress. Division of Bibliography
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 132
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