In Defense of American Liberties

In Defense of American Liberties
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Publisher : SIU Press
Total Pages : 540
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ISBN-10 : 0809322706
ISBN-13 : 9780809322701
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Book Synopsis In Defense of American Liberties by : Samuel Walker

Download or read book In Defense of American Liberties written by Samuel Walker and published by SIU Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This updated comprehensive history of the American Civil Liberties Union recounts the ACLU's stormy history since its founding in 1920 to fight for free speech and explores its involvement in some of the most famous causes in American history, including the Scopes "monkey trial," the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II, the Cold War anti-Communist witch hunts, and the civil rights movement. The new introduction covers the history of the organization and developments in civil liberties in the 1990s, including the U.S. Supreme Court's declaration of the Communications Decency Act as unconstitutional in ACLU v. Reno.


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