Priests of Our Democracy : The Supreme Court, Academic Freedom, and the Anti-Communist Purge / Marjorie Heins.

9780814744642

New York, NY : : New York University Press, [2013]

©2013

English

In English.

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10.18574/nyu/9780814790519.001.0001 doi

344.73078

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.

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