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First Amendment Resources

Speaking our minds conversations with the people behind landmark First Amendment cases

American Patriotism, American Protest : Social Movements since the Sixties

American Patriotism, American Protest Social Movements Since the Sixties

Dissent in Dangerous Times

Money Talks : Speech, Economic Power, and the Values of Democracy

Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby : Corporate Rights and Religious Liberties

Free Speech and Censorship Around the Globe

From the Palmer Raids to the Patriot Act A History of the Fight for Free Speech in America

Speak No Evil The Triumph of Hate Speech Regulation

Congress shall make no law the First Amendment, unprotected expression, and the Supreme Court

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ebook Collections

First Amendment: Freedom of Speech
First Amendment: Freedom of the Press
First Amendment: Right to Assemble
First Amendment: Religious Freedom
First Amendment in the Arts & Literature
First Amendment in Education

Elections & Voters

Voting Rights

First Amendment print resources

From the Internet Archive: (requires a free account to check out)

Advertising & the First Amendment From the Internet Archive

Encyclopedia of the First Amendment From the Internet Archive

First Amendment (Farber) From the Internet Archive

First freedoms : a documentary history of First Amendment Rights in America From the Internet Archive

Student's guide to landmark congressional laws on the First Amendment From the Internet Archive

Databases

CIA World Factbook: Information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities.
CQ Researcher: Reports on contemporary social issues, from Congressional Quarterly Press.
Credo Reference: 500+ reference titles spanning all subjects.
E-Library Curriculum Edition (select "Reference" tab): General information from books & magazines, including images, maps, media and transcripts. Includes history and literature center.
Opposing Viewpoints In Context: Articles from journals, magazines and other sources providing multiple perspectives on current topics.
ProQuest Research Library: Interdisciplinary database of over 5,000 titles including scholarly journals, trade publications, magazines, and newspapers.

Digital Collections

Center for First Amendment Studies CFAS provides programs designed to educate students about their First Amendment heritage, its impact on new technologies, and to encourage original research on freedom of expression.

Fire's First Amendment Library The Library’s goal is to educate through elevating the individual stories of activists and concerned citizens who have stood up for their rights, and subsequently the rights of all Americans.

Articles & Papers

Freedom of Speech and Press: Exceptions to the First Amendment This congressional report provides an overview of the major exceptions to the First Amendment--of the ways that the Supreme Court has interpreted the guarantee of freedom of speech and press to provide no protection or only limited protection for some types of speech.

Video

Freedom of Assembly

Global Protest Tracker from the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Freedom of the Press

First Amendment Handbook from the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press.

First Amendment in Arts & Literature

American Library Association Issues & Advocacy includes resources on academic freedom and censorship

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