| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xvii, 236 pages ; 25 cm |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
The Bill of Rights : the first ten amendments to the Constitution of the United States of America -- Introduction : "Tell them stories about how our liberties were won and what keeps them alive" -- Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas : "Bill's life, like his law, was free." -- Anthony Griffin : "If you take the first amendment from the Klan, we, as black folks, will be the next to suffer." -- Supreme Court Justice William Brennan, part I : "The censorial power is in the people over the government, and not in the government over the people." -- Supreme Court Justice William Brennan, part II : "Schools cannot expect their students to learn the lessons of good citizenship when the school authorities themselves disregard the fundamental principles underpinning our constitutional freedoms." -- Supreme Court Justice William Brennan, part III : "The evolving standards of human decency will eventually lead to the abolition of the death penalty in this country." -- Dr. Kenneth Clark, part I : the last of the integrationists? -- Dr. Kenneth Clark, part II : simple justice and how it got lost : "I saw this white kid, and he was saying, 'Look, this segregation is increasing bigotry.'" -- Color coding : she had to leave the room because the class was reserved for African American students -- Individuals of conscience against the state : "Those who won our independence by revolution were not cowards." -- Banning the Bill of Rights and the rest of the Constitution from our prisons -- Nowhere in the Constitution is there a mention of God : the continuing battles for freedom of religion-and freedom from religion -- Further bold adventures of men and women of conscience -- Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy : "The Constitution needs renewal and understanding each generation, or else it's not going to last." -- The Constitution of the United States of America. |
| Subject |
United States. Constitution 1st-10th Amendments -- Popular works.
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Civil rights -- United States -- Popular works.
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Constitutional law -- United States -- Popular works.
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| ISBN |
0060190108 |
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9780060190101 |
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