A victory for democracy : NAACP v. Alabama and freedom of association /
In a landmark First Amendment case that Martin Luther King Jr. called 'a victory for democracy,' NAACP v. Alabama (1958) established the right to form groups to share and promote ideas without government interference. Charles W. Eagles traces the case from its origins in local National Ass...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
[2025]
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | In a landmark First Amendment case that Martin Luther King Jr. called 'a victory for democracy,' NAACP v. Alabama (1958) established the right to form groups to share and promote ideas without government interference. Charles W. Eagles traces the case from its origins in local National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) activism and in white segregationist politics, through battles in state and federal courtrooms, to four decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court. He explains the obstruction by Alabama officials, the NAACP lawyers' persistence, the Justices' deliberations, and the case's unexpected impact on later Court decisions. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780197795903 0197795900 9780197795880 0197795889 9780197795897 0197795897 |