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Overview
As Americans, we often take our many freedoms for granted. It is easy to forget the difficulties many of our ancestors faced when fighting for the rights we now enjoy. Because the United States is a "nation of laws and not of men," these people were able to challenge unfair laws in hope of a better future. Fights for Rights explains our everyday rights of free speech, religion, the rights of the accused, and how our Constitution guarantees these rights for all people.
Synopsis
As Americans, we often take our many freedoms for granted. It is easy to forget the difficulties many of our ancestors faced when fighting for the rights we now enjoy. Because the United States is a "nation of laws and not of men," these people were able to challenge unfair laws in hope of a better future. Fights for Rights explains our everyday rights of free speech, religion, the rights of the accused, and how our Constitution guarantees these rights for all people.
Internet Book Watch
The latest entry in the University Press of Kentucky's "New Books for New Readers" series, Fights For Rights offers a concise (58 pages) and reader friendly survey of the American struggle for individual rights. All to often, Americans take many of their personal and political freedoms for granted, forgetting that they were originally won through hard work and bloodshed. Fights For Rights explains our everyday rights of free speech and religion, the rights of the accused, and how our Constitution guarantees these rights for everyone, black or white, male or female, young or old, rich or poor.
Editorials
From the Publisher
"A concise and reader friendly survey of the American struggle for individual rights." -- Wisconsin Bookwatch