Fight of the century writers reflect on 100 years of landmark ACLU cases

To mark its 100-year anniversary, the American Civil Liberties Union partners with award-winning authors Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman to bring together many of our greatest living writers, each contributing an original piece inspired by a historic ACLU case. On January 19, 1920, a small group o...

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Other Authors: Chabon, Michael (Editor), Waldman, Ayelet (Editor), Nguyen, Viet Thanh, 1971-, Woodson, Jacqueline., Chabon, Michael., Patchett, Ann., Bennett, Brit., Okazaki, Steven., Handler, Daniel., Brooks, Geraldine., Gyasi, Yaa., Pava, Sergio de la.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Avid Reader Press, 2020.
Edition: First Avid Reader Press hardcover edition.
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Table of Contents:
  • Stromberg v. California (1931) /
  • Viet Thanh Nguyen
  • Powell v. Alabama (1932) and Patterson v. Alabama (1935) /
  • Jacqueline Woodson
  • United States v. One Book Called "Ulysses" (1933) /
  • Michael Chabon
  • Edwards v. California (1941) /
  • Ann Patchett
  • West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette (1943) /
  • Brit Bennett
  • Korematsu v. United States (1944) /
  • Steven Ozazaki
  • Hannegan v. Esquire (1946) /
  • Daniel Handler
  • Terminello v. City of Chicago (1949) /
  • Geraldine Brooks
  • Brown v. Board of Education of Topkea (1954) /
  • Yaa Gyasi
  • Gideon v. Wainwright (1963) /
  • Sergio De La Pava
  • Escobedo v. Illinois (1964) /
  • Dave Eggers
  • New York Times Co. v. Sullivan (1964) /
  • Timothy Egan
  • Lamont v. Postmaster General (1965) /
  • Yiyun Li
  • Griswold v. Connecticut (1965) /
  • Meg Wolitzer
  • Miranda v. Arizona (1966) /
  • Hectar Tobar
  • Loving v. Virginia (1967) /
  • Alexksandar Hemon
  • Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District (1969) /
  • Elizabeth Strout
  • Gregory v. City of Chicago (1969) /
  • Adrian Nicole LeBlanc
  • Street v. New York (1969) /
  • Rabih Alameddine
  • Brandenberg v. Ohio (1969) /
  • Moriel Rothman-Zecher
  • Cohen v. California (1971) /
  • Jonathan Lethem
  • New York Times Co. v. United States (1971) /
  • Salman Rushdie
  • Roe v. Wade (1973) and Doe v. Bolton (1973) /
  • Lauren Groff
  • O'Connor v. Donaldson (1975) /
  • Ayelet Waldman
  • Weinberger v. Wiesenfeld (1975) /
  • Jennifer Egan
  • Buckley v. Valeo (1976) /
  • Scott Turow
  • Bob Jones University v. United States (1983) /
  • Morgan Parker
  • Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye v. City of Hialeah (1993) /
  • Victor Lavalle
  • Hurley v. Irish-American Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Group of Boston (1995) /
  • Michael Cunningham
  • Reno v. ACLU(1997) and Ashcroft v. ACLU (2004) /
  • Neil Gaiman
  • City of Chicago v. Morales (1999) /
  • Jesmyn Ward
  • Zadvydas v. David (2001) /
  • Moses Sumney
  • Immigration and Naturalization Service v. St. Cyr (2001) /
  • George Saunders
  • Lawrence v. Texas (2003) /
  • Marlon James
  • Rasul v. Bush (2004) /
  • William Finnegan
  • Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District (2005) /
  • Anthony Doerr
  • Schroer v. Billington (2008) /
  • Charlie Jane Anders
  • Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl (2013) /
  • Brenda J. Child
  • United States v. Windsor (2013) /
  • Andrew Sean Greer
  • ACLU v. United States Department of Defense, et al. (2018) /
  • Louise Erdrich.