Living the Bill of Rights

, by Hentoff, Nat

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ISBN: 9780520219816 | 0520219813
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 11/1/1999

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One of America's most passionate writers about civil liberties enlivens issues about The Bill of Rights by giving profiles of individuals for whom the Constitution is a vital part of life.

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The Bill of Rights: The First Ten Amendments to the Constitution of the United States of America	p. xi
Introduction: "Tell them stories about how our liberties were won and what keeps them alive."	p. xv
Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas: "Bill's life, like his law, was free."	p. 1
Anthony Griffin: "If you take the First Amendment from the Klan, we, as black folks, will be the next to suffer."	p. 19
Supreme Court Justice William Brennan, Part I: "The censorial power is in the people over the Government, and not in the Government over the people."	p. 27
Supreme Court Justice William Brennan, Part II: "Schools cannot expect their students to learn the lessons of good citizenship when the school authorities themselves disregard the fundamental principles underpinning our constitutional freedoms." p45
Supreme Court Justice William Brennan, Part III: "The evolving standards of human decency will eventually lead to the abolition of the death penalty in this country."	p. 67
Dr. Kenneth Clark, Part I: The Last of the Integrationists?	p. 77
Dr. Kenneth Clark, Part II: Simple Justice and How It Got Lost: "I saw this white kid, and he was saying, 'Look, this segregation is increasing bigotry.'"	p. 99
Color Coding: She Had to Leave the Room Because the Class Was Reserved for African American Students	p. 125
Individuals of Cosncience Against the State." "Those who won our independence by revolution were not cowards."	p. 131
Banning the Bill of Rights and the Rest of the Constitution from Our Prisons	p. 153
Nowhere in the Constitution Is There a Mention of God: The Continuing Battles for Freedom of Religion--and Freedom from Religion	p. 167
Further Bold Adventures of Men and Women of Conscience	p. 183
Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy: "The Constitution needs renewal and understanding each generation, or else it's not going to last."	p. 193
The Constitution of the United States of America	p. 199
Acknowledgments	p. 223
Index	p. 225
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Living the Bill of Rights

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