Freedom of Speech

From artistic expression to social history, discover scholarly works on free speech and the First Amendment, selected by RCL editors. Resources for College Libraries (RCL) features core titles for academic libraries, curated by Choice/ACRL subject specialists. In Syndetics Unbound, RCL Librarians recommend a selection of the 90,000+ titles available at rclweb.net.

Updated April 1, 2025
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The fight for free speech : ten cases that define our First Amendment freedoms
Rosenberg, Ian
Ebook
A user's guide to understanding contemporary free speech issues in the United States Americans today are confronted by a barrage of questions relating to their free speech freedoms. What are libel laws, and do they need to be changed to stop the press from lying? Does Colin...
Social media, freedom of speech, and the future of our democracy
Stone, Geoffrey R.
Ebook
The free speech wars : how did we get here and why does it matter?
Riley, Charlotte Lydia
Ebook
Who gets to exercise free speech, and what happens when powerful voices think they have been silenced? Assembling a diverse group of commentators, activists and academics, this book explores the contemporary free speech wars to try to understand how this issue has become increasingly...
Speak freely : why universities must defend free speech
Whittington, Keith E.
Paper Book
Why free speech is the lifeblood of colleges and universities Free speech is under attack at colleges and universities today, with critics on and off campus challenging the value of open inquiry and freewheeling intellectual debate. Too often speakers are shouted down,...
Free speech on campus
Chemerinsky, Erwin
Ebook
Can free speech coexist with an inclusive campus environment?
The Free Speech Movement reflections on Berkeley in the 1960s
Cohen, Robert
Ebook
This is the authoritative and long-awaited volume on Berkeley's celebrated Free Speech Movement (FSM) of 1964. Drawing from the experiences of many movement veterans, this collection of scholarly articles and personal memoirs illuminates in fresh ways one of the most important events in the recent...
The war on words : slavery, race, and free speech in American literature
Gilmore, Michael T.
Paper Book
How did slavery and race impact American literature in the nineteenth century? In this ambitious book, Michael T. Gilmore argues that they were the carriers of linguistic restriction, and writers from Frederick Douglass to Stephen Crane wrestled with the demands for silence and circumspection...

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