In Sullivan'S Shadow: The Use And Abuse Of Libel Law During The Long Civil Rights Struggle - 9781625344090

For many years, the far right has sown public distrust in the media as a political strategy, weaponizing libel law in an effort to stifle free speech and silence African American dissent. In Sullivan's Shadow demonstrates that this strategy was pursued throughout the civil rights era and beyond.

• | By (Author): Aimee Edmondson
• | Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
• | Publication Date: Jul 23, 2019
• | Country of Publication: United States
• | Number of Pages: 312 pages
• | Language: Unknown
• | Binding: Softback
• | ISBN-10: 1625344090
• | ISBN-13: 9781625344090