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Confessions of a free speech lawyer Charlottesville and the politics of hate
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This personal and frank book offers an insider's view on the violent confrontations in Charlottesville during the 'summer of hate.' Blending memoir, courtroom drama, and a consideration of the unhe...
This personal and frank book offers an insider's view on the violent confrontations in Charlottesville during the 'summer of hate.' Blending memoir, courtroom drama, and a consideration of the unhealed wound of racism in our society, the book shines a light on the conflict between the value of free speech and the protection of civil rights.
Details
- Creator
- Rodney A. Smolla
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2021
- Series
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource
- ISBNs
- 9781501749674, 1501749676, 150174965X, 1501749668
- OCLC
- on1126349379
- Previously issued in print: 2020.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- In English.
- Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. A Call from the Task Force -- 2. The Charleston Massacre -- 3. Becoming Richard Spencer -- 4. Reverend Edwards -- 5. The Charlottesville Monuments -- 6. Blut und Boden -- 7. Mr. Jefferson’s University -- 8. Kessler v. Bellamy -- 9. The Monuments Debate -- 10. Competing Conceptions of Free Speech -- 11. May Days -- 12. Cue the Klan—Stage Right -- 13. The Rise of the Marketplace -- 14. Cue the Counterprotesters—Stage Left -- 15. A Rolling Stone Gathers No Facts -- 16. The Marketplace Doubles Down -- 17. The Day of the Klan -- 18. When Speech Advances Civil Rights -- 19. Duke and the Disciples -- 20. The Russian Connection -- 21. A Call to Conscience -- 22. Preparations -- 23. The Day of the Cross -- 24. The Idea of the University -- 25. Heckler’s Veto -- 26. Channels of Communication -- 27. Rednecks and Saint Paul -- 28. The Lawn and the Rotunda -- 29. Bloodshed -- 30. Aftermath -- Notes -- Index
Subjects
- 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.
- Charlottesville (Va.) -- Race relations.
- Unite the Right Rally (2017 : Charlottesville (Va.))