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Author Smolla, Rodney A., author.

Title Confessions of a free speech lawyer Charlottesville and the politics of hate Rodney A. Smolla
Published Ithaca [New York] Cornell University Press 2020
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Description 1 online resource (vi, 351 pages)
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
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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes In English
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Subject Unite the Right Rally, Charlottesville, Va., 2017
Demonstrations -- Virginia -- Charlottesville -- History -- 21st century
Freedom of speech -- United States
Hate speech -- Law and legislation -- United States
Right-wing extremists -- Virginia -- Charlottesville
Racism -- Virginia -- Charlottesville
White supremacy movements -- United States.
White nationalism -- United States
Hate groups -- United States
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations.
Demonstrations
Freedom of speech
Hate groups
Hate speech -- Law and legislation
Racism
Right-wing extremists
White nationalism
White supremacy movements
United States
Virginia -- Charlottesville
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2019049064
ISBN 9781501749674
1501749676
9781501749667
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