Priests of our democracy : the Supreme Court, academic freedom, and the anti-communist purge

Priests of our democracy : the Supreme Court, academic freedom, and the anti-communist purge /

In the early 1950s, New York City's teachers and professors became the targets of massive investigations into their political beliefs and associations. Those who refused to cooperate in the questioning were fired. Some had undoubtedly been communists, and the Communist Party-USA certainly made...

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Main Author: Heins, Marjorie
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : New York University Press, 2013
Subjects:
United States. > Supreme Court.
Academic freedom > United States.
Freedom of speech > United States.
Public schools > Curricula > Censorship > United States.
Universities and colleges > Law and legislation > United States.
Anti-communist movements > United States.
Teaching, Freedom of > United States.
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