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Hate Speech: The History of an American Controversy.

Walker, Samuel – 1994

Noting that no other country in the world offers protection to offensive speech, this book provides a comprehensive account of the history of the hate speech controversy in the United States. The book examines the issue, from the conflicts over the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s and American Nazi groups in the 1930s, to the famous Skokie, Illinois…

Descriptors: Censorship, Civil Rights, Cultural Context, Freedom of Speech

Constitutional Debates on Freedom of Religion: A Documentary History. Primary Documents in American History and Contemporary Issues.

Patrick, John J., Ed.; Long, Gerald P., Ed. – 1999

Debates over the separation or accommodation of religion and government have divided the United States since its founding. This collection of over 70 primary documents represents the ideas and issues on the interpretation of the United States Constitution's First Amendment clauses pertaining to establishment and free exercise of religion. The…

Descriptors: Civil Rights, Constitutional History, Constitutional Law, Court Litigation