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Author: Chris Finan

📘 From the Palmer Raids to the Patriot Act by Chris Finan

In his comprehensive account, historian and free‑speech advocate Chris Finan charts the arc of American free‑speech rights from the early 20th‑century Palmer Raids and anti‑Communist campaigns through the McCarthy era, the landmark Scopes trial, and Edward R. Murrow’s defiance, up to the post‑September 11‑era Patriot Act. The book examines how writers, publishers, booksellers, and librarians have repeatedly found themselves on the front lines of legal and cultural battles over First Amendment freedoms.

First publish date: 2007

Genre: History/Modern History

Authors: Chris Finan

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