freedom of the press

Discusses the definition and history of the First Amendment and considers present day problems regarding the rights it guarantees.

Presents a concise study of the First Amendment freedoms of speech and the press, and explores several issues in history including Frederick Douglass's speeches on emancipation, commentaries on "McCarthyism," Watergate, the Pentagon Papers, and much more.

Focuses on freedom of speech and of the press while discussing freedom of expression as guaranteed by the Bill of Rights.

Discusses the Supreme Court trial which resulted from the decision of the New York Times newspaper to publish secret government documents about the Vietnam War.

Profiles some of those who dedicated their lives to fighting censorship, including James Madison, Theodore Schroeder, Emma Goldman, Tommy Smothers, Larry Flynt, and Mitchell Kapor.

Should newspapers be allowed to print articles that may prove embarrassing or uncomfortable to the U.S. government.

Examines the 1988 Supreme Court case which dealt with the question of whether the censorship of student newspapers by school administrators violated the students' first amendment rights to freedom of speech and freedom of the press.

Examines the 1964 Supreme Court First Amendment case between the New York Times and Montgomery, Alabama commissioner L.B. Sullivan over an advertisement the Times ran protesting mistreatment of African-American students and the arrest of Martin Luther King, Jr. in Montgomery.