First freedoms : a documentary history of First Amendment Rights in America /

First freedoms : a documentary history of First Amendment Rights in America / Charles C. Haynes, Sam Chaltain, Susan M. Glisson.

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Presents nearly forty documents that help trace the history of the First Amendment, with essays placing each document in their historical context and a facsimile of the document in its original form.

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Main Author: Haynes, Charles C.
Other Authors: Chaltain, Sam, Glisson, Susan M., 1967-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ℗♭2006.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
United States. > Constitution. > 1st Amendment.
Constitution (United States)
Freedom of expression > United States > History > Sources.
Freedom of speech > United States > History > Sources.
Freedom of religion > United States > History > Sources.
Freedom of the press > United States > History > Sources.
Freedom of expression.
Freedom of religion.
Freedom of speech.
Freedom of the press.
United States.
History.
Sources.
Table of Contents:
  • Charter of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, 1663
  • Two treatises of government, 1690
  • The New-York Weekly Journal, "Of freedom of speech; that the same is inseparable from publick liberty," 1734
  • Virginia Declaration of Rights, 1776
  • Virginia Act for Establishing Religious Freedom, 1786
  • Senate revisions to the House-passed amendments to the Constitution, 1789
  • The Sedition Act, 1798
  • Appeal to the colored citizens of the world, but in particular and very expressly, to those of the United States of America, 1829
  • Request of the Cherokee people of the Aquohee and Taquohee districts, 1832
  • Petition to the U.S. Congress from ninety-seven citizens, 1837
  • Gag Rule Resolution, 1837
  • People v. Hall, 1854
  • General order No. 12, 1862
  • The Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, 1868
  • An Act to regulate the use of Capitol grounds, 1882
  • Seven-year-old Rosie, an experienced oyster-shucker, Bluffton, South Carolina, 1913
  • U.S. House Resolution 8753, 1918
  • Manifesto and program, 1919
  • The Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, 1920
  • Tennessee House Bill No. 185, 1925
  • The Saturday Press, November 19, 1927
  • Press statement, 1932
  • Letter to Minersville, Pennsylvania, School Directors, 1935
  • Heart Mountain Sentinel, 1942
  • U.S. Senate Resolution 301, 1954
  • Heed their rising voices, 1960
  • Memorandum to Hugo Black, 1962
  • Official program for the March on Washington, 1963
  • Black Armband, 1965
  • The Plan of Delano, 1966
  • Front page, New York Times, June 13, 1971
  • Section 42.09, Texas State Penal Code, 1973
  • We are coming! 1976
  • The Williamsburg Charter, Summary of Principles, 1988
  • Employment Division, Department of Human Resources of Oregon, et al. v. Smith et al., 1990
  • Zelman, Superintendent of Public Instruction of Ohio, et al. v. Simmons-Harris et al., 2002
  • Section 215 of the USA Patriot Act, 2001 : A Resolution of the City of Eugene defending the Bill of Rights and civil liberties, 2002
  • Timeline of First Amendment rights in America.

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