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Confessions of a free speech lawyer : Charlottesville and the politics of hate / Rodney A. Smolla.
LIBRA HN90.S62 S75 2020
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Smolla, Rodney A.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Unite the Right Rally (2017 : Charlottesville (Va.)).
- Unite the Right Rally.
- Demonstrations--Virginia--Charlottesville--History--21st century.
- Demonstrations.
- Freedom of speech--United States.
- Freedom of speech.
- White nationalism.
- Racism.
- Right-wing extremists.
- Hate speech--Law and legislation.
- History.
- United States.
- Hate speech--Law and legislation--United States.
- Hate speech.
- Right-wing extremists--Virginia--Charlottesville.
- Racism--Virginia--Charlottesville.
- White supremacy movements--United States.
- White supremacy movements.
- White nationalism--United States.
- Hate groups--United States.
- Hate groups.
- Virginia--Charlottesville.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- vi, 351 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2020.
- Summary:
- "Confessions of a Free Speech Lawyer is a personal and scholarly examination of the violent confrontations in Charlottesville and the University of Virginia campus in the summer of 2017, focusing on the clash between free speech and protection of civil rights and human dignity"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- A Call from the Task Force
- The Charleston Massacre
- Becoming Richard Spencer
- Reverend Edwards
- The Charlottesville Monuments
- Blut und Boden
- Mr. Jefferson's University
- Kessler v. Bellamy
- The Monuments Debate
- Competing Conceptions of Free Speech
- May Days
- Cue the Klan Stage Right
- The Rise of the Marketplace
- Cue the Counter-Protestors Stage Left
- A Rolling Stone Gathers No Facts
- The Marketplace Doubles Down
- The Day of the Klan
- When Speech Advances Civil Rights
- Duke and the Disciples
- The Russian Connection
- A Call to Conscience
- Preparations
- The Day of the Cross
- The Idea of the University
- Heckler's Veto
- Channels of Communication
- Rednecks and Saint Paul
- The Lawn and the Rotunda
- Bloodshed
- Aftermath.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Smolla, Rodney A. Confessions of a free speech lawyer.
- ISBN:
- 9781501749650
- 150174965X
- OCLC:
- 1124349815
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