Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-156) and index.
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Historical origins of freedom of assembly -- Slavery and suffrage -- The labor movement -- The rights revolution : the ongoing struggle for civil and women's rights -- World War I, World War II, and the Cold War -- Wars in Vietnam and Iraq -- The Internet community and the future of freedom of assembly, association, and petition.
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Surveys the origins and history of this civil right in the United States, primarily from 1860 to the present.