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African Americans and the First Amendment
- The Case for Liberty and Equality
Engelsk Paperback
African Americans and the First Amendment
- The Case for Liberty and Equality
Engelsk Paperback

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The first detailed examination of African Americans and First Amendment rights, from the colonial era to the present.

2020 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title

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.

Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
224
ISBN-13:
9781438475820
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
1438475829
Udg. Dato:
2 jul 2020
Længde:
0mm
Bredde:
152mm
Højde:
229mm
Forlag:
State University of New York Press
Oplagsdato:
2 jul 2020
Forfatter(e):
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