Liberty on Trial in America: Cases That Defined Freedom

Liberty on Trial in America: Cases That Defined Freedom « Series from 2020

Series from 2020

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Genres: Documentary, Special Interest

In 24 fascinating episodes, go behind the scenes of the trials that brought many of the liberties we enjoy today. You’ll learn exactly what happened when Susan B.

Anthony decided to vote in a national election, when activists promoted radical ideas in the 1880s in Chicago, when Jehovah’s Witnesses decided their children should not be forced to salute the American flag in school, and more.

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The Trial of Anne Hutchinson

The Trial of John Peter Zenger

Two Slave Trials

The Trial of John Brown

The Trial of Susan B. Anthony

The Trial of the Haymarket Eight

The Trial of John T. Scopes

The Sweet Trials, Race, and Self-Defense

Jehovah’s Witnesses and Flag-Salute Cases

Korematsu v. United States

Segregation on Trial

The Lenny Bruce Trials

The Evolving Right to Marry

Wisconsin v. Yoder

Furman v. Georgia

The Trial of Daniel Ellsberg

The Road to Roe v. Wade

The Right to an Intimate Life

The Ruby Ridge Trial

The Trials of Jack Kevorkian

Boy Scouts of America v. Dale

Kelo v. City of New London

The Citizens United Case

Liberty for Nonhumans?