Fights for Rights

by Ronald W. Eades

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780813109121
Publisher:	University Press of Kentucky
Publication date:	08/03/2000
Series:	New Books for New Readers
Pages:	64
Sales rank:	947,213
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)
Age Range:	18 - 13 Years

Table of Contents

	Foreword	iv
	Acknowledgments	v
1.	The History of Our Fight for Rights	1
2.	Freedom of Speech	9
3.	Freedom of Religion	17
4.	The Rights of Criminal Defendants	25
5.	Ending Slavery	34
6.	Women's Rights	47
7.	The Rule of Law	55
	Notes	57
	About the Author	58

Editorial Reviews

A concise and reader friendly survey of the American struggle for individual rights.

Wisconsin Bookwatch

"A concise and reader friendly survey of the American struggle for individual rights." — Wisconsin Bookwatch

From the Publisher

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.