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The Short Life and Curious Death of Free Speech in America
By Cose, Ellis
- ISBN
- 9780062999719
- Publisher
- Amistad: HarperCollins
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Reviewed on September 4, 2020 | Social Sciences
Speech in the United States has never truly been completely free, maintains Cose, in this latest work after Democracy, If We Can Keep It: The ACLU's 100-Year Fight for Rights in America. The author describes how, from the early days of the nation, there have been various curbs on speech, both written and oral. Speech is generally placed in a continuum ranging from the harmless to dangerous, sometimes with fairly seve...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
