Ep. 50 Randall Kennedy on ‘The Forgotten Origins of the Constitution on Campus’

Has the history of how our constitutional rights came to be
protected on campus been forgotten?



Professor Randall L. Kennedy believes it has. It’s a history even
he wasn’t familiar with until recently. On this episode of So to
Speak, Professor Kennedy explains how civil rights activists in
the 1950s and 60s secured early victories for free speech, due
process, and public assembly on high school and college campuses.



Professor Kennedy teaches courses on contracts, criminal law, and
the regulation of race relations at Harvard Law School, and he is
the author of “The Forgotten Origins of the Constitution on
Campus.” Prior to arriving at Harvard, he was a law clerk for
Justice Thurgood Marshall at the United States Supreme Court.



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Clear and Present Danger: A History of Free Speech.



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