A Civil Rights 'Gem'
- Author
- Center for Civil Rights History and Research, University of South Carolina
- Published
- Wed 01 Jun 2022
- Episode Link
- None
As a native of Columbia, South Carolina, Harvard Law Professor Randall Kennedy knows the people and the history of the state's Civil Rights struggle. Now, he teaches his students about one of the era's signature First Amendment cases, Edwards v. South Carolina from 1961, whose legal importance endures today.
