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 90,000+ core titles for academic libraries, curated by Choice/ACRL subject specialists and available at rclweb.net.

Updated September 23, 2025
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The fight for free speech : ten cases that define our First Amendment freedoms
Rosenberg, Ian
Ebook
Freedom for the thought that we hate : a biography of the First Amendment
Lewis, Anthony
Paper Book
More than any other people on earth, Americans are free to say and write what they think. The media can air the secrets of the White House, the boardroom, or the bedroom with little fear of punishment or penalty. The reason for this extraordinary freedom is not a superior culture of tolerance,...
Art and freedom of speech
Bezanson, Randall P.
Paper Book
This book analyzes the broad range of Supreme Court cases that concern the protection of art and free speech under the First Amendment. Finding that debates about free expression (whether in speech or art) swirl around sex and cultural blasphemy, Randall P. Bezanson tracks and interprets...

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