| Fights for Rights Contributor(s): Eades, Ronald W. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0813109124 ISBN-13: 9780813109121 Publisher: University Press of Kentucky OUR PRICE: $6.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2000 Annotation: Americans live in a country where laws, not kings or elected officials, decide right and wrong. From the very beginning Americans have fought against laws that seemed unfair. Fights for Rights, a book for adult literacy students, offers an introduction to some of our constitutional rights. In straightforward, easy-to-read prose, Ronald Eades tells the stories of significant events and court cases in our nation's ongoing struggle for fair and equal rights for all citizens. After a brief description of the origins and significance of documents such as the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights, he discusses legal cases that clarified freedom of speech, freedom of religion, the rights of criminal defendants, and guaranteed constitutional rights for African Americans and for women. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Law | Constitutional |
| Dewey: 342.730 |
| LCCN: 00026035 |
| Series: New Books for New Readers |
| Physical Information: 0.28" H x 5.53" W x 8.57" (0.20 lbs) 64 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |