Hate Speech: The History of an American Controversy

by Samuel E. Walker

Book Overview

The First Amendment protects even the most offensive forms of expression: racial slurs, hateful religious propaganda, and cross-burning. No other county in the world offers the same kind of protection to offensive speech. How did this free speech tradition develop? Hate Speech provides the first comprehensive account of the history of the hate speech controversy in the United States. Samuel Walker examines the issue, from the conflicts over the Ku...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803297513
• ISBN13: 9780803297517
• Release Date: February 1994
• Publisher: Bison
• Length: 217 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"