Communists on Campus - Race, Politics and the Public University in Sixties North Carolina (Paperback, New edition)

The story behind one of the most serious encroachments on academic freedom enected by any state legislature; North Carolina's 1963 speaker ban law declared the state's public college and university campuses off-limits to ""known members of the Communist Party"" or to anyone who cited the Fifth Amendment in refusing to answer questions posed by any state or federal body. Oddly enough, the law was passed in a state where there had been no known communist activity since the 1950s. Just which ""communists"" was it attempting to curb? William J. Billingsley bares the truth behind the false image of the speaker ban's ostensible concern: the law marked a last-ditch effort by conservative rural politicians to quell the demands of the civil rights movement. Communists on Campus exposes the activities and machinations of prominent political and educational figures in an account that epitomizes the social and political upheaval of 1960s America.

General

Imprint:	University of Georgia Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	February 2003
First published:	February 2003
Authors:	William J. Billingsley
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	336
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-8203-2460-9
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Education > Higher & further education > Universities / polytechnics Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political ideologies > Marxism & Communism Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > Human rights > Civil rights & citizenship
LSN:	0-8203-2460-4
Barcode:	9780820324609

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