Outspoken
Subtitle: Free Speech Stories
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: October 10, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 372
ISBN-13: 9780520223707
Subjects: Freedom of information & freedom of speech; Social history; Ethnic Studies - General; Political Freedom & Security - Civil Rights; Freedom of speech; Politics / Current Events; United States - General; Law; USA; Constitutional - First Amendment; History / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies); Social Science; Reference; Censorship; History; United States
First sentence: Americans used to like the First Amendment.
Description: "Nan Levinson tells the stories of twenty people who refused to let anyone whittle away at their right to speak, think, create, or demur as they pleased. Among these sometimes unlikely defenders of free speech are Rick Nuccio, a diplomat who disclosed secret information about the torture of Jennifer Harbury's husband and related government misconduct in Guatemala; Daisy Sanchez, a Puerto Rican journalist who risked going to prison to protect her sources; Penny Culliton, a high school teacher who was fired for discussing gays and lesbians in literature; Michael Willhoite, author of the children's book Daddy's Roommate, which was the most banned book in the country for two years running; Steve Johnson, a fireman who fought for his right to read Playboy at work; and Annie Sprinkle, a former porn star who defended her performance piece, Post-Porn Modernist, as art."--BOOK JACKET.