Topics: Reformers

• Anthony Comstock

  Anthony Comstock imposed his Victorian values on a rapidly urbanizing United States, sometimes in disregard for the protections afforded by the First Amendment...

• Emma Goldman

  Emma Goldman demonstrated for First Amendment rights through speeches, lectures, picketing and marching. She faced arrests and official harassment for her...

• Eugene Debs

  Labor leader and socialist Eugene V. Debs fought for associational and organized labor rights under First Amendment. He was imprisoned under the Espionage Act...

• Horace Mann

  Horace Mann's vision of universal education and non-sectarian schools was a precursor to the Supreme Court's interpretation of First Amendment principles in...

• Tipper Gore

  Tipper Gore led a successful fight to have parental warning labels affixed to record albums that contained explicit lyrics. Critics said her efforts violated...