Priests of our democracy : the Supreme Court, academic freedom, and the anti-communist purge / Marjorie Heins.
Material type:
TextPublisher: New York : New York University Press, 2016Description: 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)Content type: - text
- still image
- computer
- online resource
- 9780814744642
- Academic freedom -- United States
- United States. Supreme Court
- Freedom of speech -- United States
- Public schools -- Curricula -- Censorship -- United States
- Universities and colleges -- Law and legislation -- United States
- Anti-communist movements -- United States
- Teaching, Freedom of -- United States
- Law
- United States of America, USA
- c 1950 to c 1959
- History of the Americas
- Marxism & Communism
- Civics & citizenship
- 344.73078 23
- KF4242 .H45 2016
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Combining political and legal history with wrenching personal stories, the book details how the anti-communist excesses of the 1950s inspired the Supreme Court to recognize the vital role of teachers and professors in American democracy.
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