{"product_id":"hate-speech-samuel-walker-9780803297517","title":"Hate Speech: The History of an American Controversy","description":"The First Amendment protects even the most offensive forms of expression: racial slurs, hateful religious propaganda, and cross-burning. No other county in the world offers the same kind of protection to offensive speech. \u003cp\u003eHow did this free speech tradition develop? \u003ci\u003eHate Speech\u003c\/i\u003e provides the first comprehensive account of the history of the hate speech controversy in the United States. Samuel Walker examines the issue, from the conflicts over the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s and American Nazi groups in the 1930s, tot he famous Skokie episode in 1977-78, and the campus culture wars of the 1990s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe author argues that the civil rights movement played a central role in developing this country's strong free speech tradition. The courts were very concerned about protecting the provocative and even offensive forms of expression by civil rights forces. Civil rights groups, therefore, preferred to protect rather than restrict offensive speech--even if it meant protecting racist speech.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Samuel Walker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0803297513\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780803297517\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Nebraska Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/1994\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 217\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.82lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.98h x 6.02w x 0.55d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/15\/1994 pg. 1492\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/14\/1994 pg. 69","brand":"Samuel Walker","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43926201172223,"sku":"9780803297517","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_c60a88a0-7bfe-4668-84d1-c15b0f725eea.jpg?v=1681081758","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/hate-speech-samuel-walker-9780803297517","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}