Political Prisoners in AmericaThe former New York Senator cites personalities who have been political prisoners in the course of American history and discusses the direction and justification of civil disobedience today. |
Contents
POLITICAL PRISONERS IN AMERICAN | 15 |
Opening Moves | 28 |
Obeying the Higher Law | 44 |
Copyright | |
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Abolitionists abuse accused administration agents Amendment American antiwar appeal arrested attempt Attorney authorities Berrigan Black Panther Bobby Seale Boston charges citizens civil disobedience Communist Party conduct Congress conscience conspiracy constitutional convicted crime criminal process critics danger Daniel Ellsberg defendants direct civil disobedience discretion dissent draft cards Edgar Hoover Ellsberg enforce evidence expression federal Federalist force freedom grand jury guilty Hoover illegal imprisonment indictment intelligence issue jail Jessica Mitford John Peter Zenger judge jurors Justice Department justified lawbreaking lawyers leaders liberty ment moral motive Nixon nonviolent opinion organization Palmer Raids Pentagon Papers persons Philip Berrigan political prisoners political process political trials President prosecution prosecutor protest punish question Raids refused repression resistance rule Sedition Act Senate sentence slaves society speech spiracy Spock subpoena Supreme Court surveillance testimony tion United Vietnam violation violence Washington wiretap Wobblies York
References to this book
Long Memory: The Black Experience in America Mary Frances Berry,John W. Blassingame No preview available - 1982 |