sullivan, l. b

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.

Presents an overview of the 1960 Supreme Court case that debated an advertisement place in the "New York Times" newspaper asking readers to support equal rights for African Americans in the South, and includes discussion of the parameters of the case, as well as the workings of the Supreme Court.

An account of the Sullivan case which was decided by the Supreme Court.

Describes the Supreme Court decision in the case of New York Times v. Sullivan, preventing public officials from receiving damages for false statements unless they can prove actual malice.