The courage of their convictions
By: Peter Irons.
Publisher: Free Press; Collier Macmillan
Published: 1988
Place of publication: New York; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 420
Subjects: United States. Supreme Court.; Civil rights -- United States -- Cases.
Description: Profiles civil rights cases on flag salutes, internment of Japanese Americans during World War II, housing discrimination, First Amendment, school integration, segregation, conscientious objectors, loyalty oaths, teaching of evolution, Vietnam War protests, abortion, property-tax finance system, maternity leave, libel, prayer in public schools, sodomy laws.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 413-420.