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Democracy, if we can keep it : the ACLU's 100-year fight for rights in America /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cose, Ellis (Author)
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : The New Press, [2020]
Subjects:
American Civil Liberties Union > History.
American Civil Liberties Union.
Civil rights > United States > History.
HISTORY > United States > General.
Civil rights.
United States.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Preaching peace to a world at war
  • The war on dangerous speech
  • The year that shook America and spawned the ACLU
  • Setting fire to wisdom and the origin of man
  • Phony rapes and a righteous purge
  • A yellow menace, red fears, white racism, and assimilation
  • McCarthy crosses a line and Eisenhower sends troops to Little Rock
  • A moral crusade, an immoral war, and a forbidden romance
  • Resurrecting a Communist as the Nixon era ends
  • Nazis, Jews, and the FBI
  • Mourning a founder, defeating Bork, and atoning for internment
  • Terrorism, torture, and the pursuit of justice
  • Edward Snowden joins the ACLU
  • The rise of Trump, the decline of truth
  • Reflections
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Index.