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#40. Alabama Sues the New York Times for Reporting on Racism and Civil Rights Protests in the Early 1960s
Season 1 Episode 40
Samantha Barbas is a legal and cultural historian and the author of several books on media history and legal history topics, with a focus on journalism, privacy, defamation, and the First Amendment. A Professor of Law at the University at Buffalo, she is the recipient of a National Endowment for the Humanities Public Scholar Award. Her latest book, Actual Malice: Civil Rights and Freedom of the Press in New York Times v. Sullivan, is the subject of today’s interview.
Recorded 6/25/23.
Published on 2 years, 5 months ago