TY  - GEN
AB  - Priests of OurDemocracy tells of the teachers and professors whobattled the anti-communist witch hunt of the 1950s. It traces the political fortunesof academic freedom beginning in the late 19th century, both oncampus and in the courts. Combining political and legal history with wrenchingpersonal stories, the book details how the anti-communist excesses of the 1950sinspired the Supreme Court to recognize the vital role of teachers andprofessors in American democracy. The crushing of dissent in the 1950simpoverished political discourse in ways that are still being felt, and FirstAmendment academic freedom, a product of that period, is in peril today. Incompelling terms, this book shows why the issue should matter to everyone.
AU  - Heins, Marjorie, 
DO  - 10.18574/nyu/9780814790519.001.0001
DO  - doi
ID  - 1479799
JF  - New York University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
KW  - Academic freedom
KW  - Anti-communist movements
KW  - Freedom of speech
KW  - Public schools
KW  - Teaching, Freedom of
KW  - Universities and colleges
KW  - LAW / General
LA  - eng
LA  - In English.
LK  - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780814744642
N2  - Priests of OurDemocracy tells of the teachers and professors whobattled the anti-communist witch hunt of the 1950s. It traces the political fortunesof academic freedom beginning in the late 19th century, both oncampus and in the courts. Combining political and legal history with wrenchingpersonal stories, the book details how the anti-communist excesses of the 1950sinspired the Supreme Court to recognize the vital role of teachers andprofessors in American democracy. The crushing of dissent in the 1950simpoverished political discourse in ways that are still being felt, and FirstAmendment academic freedom, a product of that period, is in peril today. Incompelling terms, this book shows why the issue should matter to everyone.
SN  - 9780814744642
T1  - Priests of Our Democracy :The Supreme Court, Academic Freedom, and the Anti-Communist Purge /
TI  - Priests of Our Democracy :The Supreme Court, Academic Freedom, and the Anti-Communist Purge /
UR  - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780814744642
ER  -