The Supreme Court, Academic Freedom, and the Anti-Communist Purge
by
Marjorie Heins
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2013
Priests of Our
Democracy tells of the teachers and professors who
battled the anti-communist witch hunt of the 1950s. It traces the political fortunes
of academic freedom beginning in the late 19th century, both on
campus and in the courts. Combining political and legal history with wrenching
personal...