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The Origins Of African American Interests In International Law, Henry J. Richardson Iii
The Origins Of African American Interests In International Law, Henry J. Richardson Iii
Buffalo Human Rights Law Review
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Creating The Public Forum, Samantha Barbas
Creating The Public Forum, Samantha Barbas
Journal Articles
The public forum doctrine protects a right of access - “First Amendment easements” - to streets and parks and other traditional places for public expression. It is well known that the doctrine was articulated by the Supreme Court in a series of cases in the 1930s and 1940s. Lesser known are the historical circumstances that surrounded its creation. Critics believed that in a modern world where the mass media dominated public discourse - where the soap box orator and pamphleteer had been replaced by the radio and mass circulation newspaper - mass communications had undermined the possibility of widespread participation …