Ronald K. L. Collins is the Harold S. Shefelman Scholar at the University of Washington School of Law and a fellow at the First Amendment Center. He is the editor of The Fundamental Holmes: A Free Speech Chronicle and Reader.Sam Chaltain is the past National Director of the Forum for Education and Democracy in Washington, DC. He writes and consults regularly about democracy and learning.

• Prologue: Freedom and Fear: Justice Hugo Black ; 1. First Amendment Fundamentalism: George Anastaplo and Free-speech Absolutism ; 2. "Everybody is Against the Reds": Benjamin Gitlow and the First and Fourteenth Amendments ; 3. Calling Dr. Meiklejohn: Alexander Meiklejohn and First Amendment Theories ; 4. "The Final Jury of the Nation": Daniel Ellsberg and National Security ; 5. Fighting Times and Fighting Faiths: Eugene Dennis and the Clear and Present Danger Test ; 6. Saving the NAACP: Robert Carter and the (Civil) Right to Associate ; 7. Crosses and Crises: Edward Cleary and Hate Speech ; 8. Striking Back at the Birchers: Elmer Gertz and Defamation ; 9. Saving Old Glory: Gregory Johnson and Flag Desecration ; 10. Count-me-ins and Count-me-outs: Mary Beth Tinker and Student Speech ; Epilogue: Hugo Black and Beyond: The Future of Freedom ; Free Speech Timeline

Collins and Chaltain vividly bring to life inspiring but little-known, real-world stories of remarkable men and women who personally struggled with fear and freedom, thus endowing us with an enduring legacy of enhanced liberty. Superb in both substance and style, this book demonstrates that the defense of free speech epitomizes courage and patriotism.

Ronald K. L. Collins is the Harold S. Shefelman Scholar at the University of Washington School of Law and a fellow at the First Amendment Center. He is the editor of The Fundamental Holmes: A Free Speech Chronicle and Reader.Sam Chaltain is the past National Director of the Forum for Education and Democracy in Washington, DC. He writes and consults regularly about democracy and learning.

• Prologue: Freedom and Fear: Justice Hugo Black ; 1. First Amendment Fundamentalism: George Anastaplo and Free-speech Absolutism ; 2. "Everybody is Against the Reds": Benjamin Gitlow and the First and Fourteenth Amendments ; 3. Calling Dr. Meiklejohn: Alexander Meiklejohn and First Amendment Theories ; 4. "The Final Jury of the Nation": Daniel Ellsberg and National Security ; 5. Fighting Times and Fighting Faiths: Eugene Dennis and the Clear and Present Danger Test ; 6. Saving the NAACP: Robert Carter and the (Civil) Right to Associate ; 7. Crosses and Crises: Edward Cleary and Hate Speech ; 8. Striking Back at the Birchers: Elmer Gertz and Defamation ; 9. Saving Old Glory: Gregory Johnson and Flag Desecration ; 10. Count-me-ins and Count-me-outs: Mary Beth Tinker and Student Speech ; Epilogue: Hugo Black and Beyond: The Future of Freedom ; Free Speech Timeline

Collins and Chaltain vividly bring to life inspiring but little-known, real-world stories of remarkable men and women who personally struggled with fear and freedom, thus endowing us with an enduring legacy of enhanced liberty. Superb in both substance and style, this book demonstrates that the defense of free speech epitomizes courage and patriotism.

Ronald K. L. Collins is the Harold S. Shefelman Scholar at the University of Washington School of Law and a fellow at the First Amendment Center. He is the editor of The Fundamental Holmes: A Free Speech Chronicle and Reader.Sam Chaltain is the past National Director of the Forum for Education and Democracy in Washington, DC. He writes and consults regularly about democracy and learning.

• Prologue: Freedom and Fear: Justice Hugo Black ; 1. First Amendment Fundamentalism: George Anastaplo and Free-speech Absolutism ; 2. "Everybody is Against the Reds": Benjamin Gitlow and the First and Fourteenth Amendments ; 3. Calling Dr. Meiklejohn: Alexander Meiklejohn and First Amendment Theories ; 4. "The Final Jury of the Nation": Daniel Ellsberg and National Security ; 5. Fighting Times and Fighting Faiths: Eugene Dennis and the Clear and Present Danger Test ; 6. Saving the NAACP: Robert Carter and the (Civil) Right to Associate ; 7. Crosses and Crises: Edward Cleary and Hate Speech ; 8. Striking Back at the Birchers: Elmer Gertz and Defamation ; 9. Saving Old Glory: Gregory Johnson and Flag Desecration ; 10. Count-me-ins and Count-me-outs: Mary Beth Tinker and Student Speech ; Epilogue: Hugo Black and Beyond: The Future of Freedom ; Free Speech Timeline

Collins and Chaltain vividly bring to life inspiring but little-known, real-world stories of remarkable men and women who personally struggled with fear and freedom, thus endowing us with an enduring legacy of enhanced liberty. Superb in both substance and style, this book demonstrates that the defense of free speech epitomizes courage and patriotism.