And the Walls Came Tumbling Down
Closing Arguments That Changed the Way We Live--From Protecting Free Speech to Winning Women's Suffrage to Defending
Introduction
September 11, 2001. November 22, 1963. December 7, 1941. Americans of all ages remember where they were, what they were doing, when they first became aware of monstrous acts of murder and war. In an instant, everything changed. With a thunderclap -- the whine of jet engines, a rifle shot, and the screams of the doomed -- the nation loses its innocence yet again.
But not every momentous paradigm shift is announced by the thundering hoofbeats of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
Other events, more subtle, have changed the way we live. Profound, tectonic shifts in America's cultural, social, and legal landscape have taken place far removed in time and space from the glare of the media, experienced by a relative few who witnessed history being made. And, like a pebble tossed in a pond, these seemingly insignificant events -- writ small upon a canvas larger than any could then imagine -- send ripples out in ever-increasing circles, ... read full excerpt from: And the Walls Came Tumbling Down: Greatest Closing Arguments Protecting Civil Libertie ebook
