Civil rights.
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Television on trial: cameras in the courts (Episode 13 of 15)
The thirteenth in the series Bill of Rights Radio Education Project, co-sponsored by the Pacifica Foundation and the American Civil Liberties Union, with major funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities. This episode focuses on conflict between freedom of the press and the defendant’s right to a fair trial. Produced by Richard Mahler. Adi…
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Without due process : prejudice in the application of Constitutional rights to citizens and non-citizens (Episode 14 of 15)
The fourteenth in the series Bill of Rights Radio Education Project, co-sponsored by the Pacifica Foundation and the American Civil Liberties Union, with major funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities. This episode explores the historical and legal basis for the wartime internment of Japanese-Americans, the detention of Haitian refugees, and the tactics of…
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Crazy and/or guilty as charged: the insanity defense, diminished capacity, and the constitution (Episode 15 of 15)
The fifteenth in the series Bill of Rights Radio Education Project, co-sponsored by the Pacifica Foundation and the American Civil Liberties Union, with major funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities. This episode explores the constitutional aspects of the insanity plea and diminished capacity defenses. Produced by Adi Gevins and Ginna Allison, with research…
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Neutral against God : school prayer and the First Amendment (Episode 4 of 15)
The third in the 15-part series Bill of Rights Radio Education Project, co-sponsored by the Pacifica Foundation and the American Civil Liberties Union, with major funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Executive Producer: Adi Gevins; Marie Ritzo, associate producer; David Rapkin, project engineer; Brenda Wilson, narrator. On box: Neutral Against God: Does the…
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And throw away the key : the Eighth Amendment and cruel and unusual punishment (Episode 5 of 15)
The fifth in the 15-part series Bill of Rights Radio Education Project, co-sponsored by the Pacifica Foundation and the American Civil Liberties Union, with major funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Produced by Kathy McAnally with associate producer Ellen O’Leary. Executive Producer: Adi Gevins. Marie Ritzo, associate producer; Anita Parlow, research associate; David…
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Public libraries and the First Amendment (Episode 6 of 15)
The sixth in the 15-part series Bill of Rights Radio Education Project, co-sponsored by the Pacifica Foundation and the American Civil Liberties Union, with major funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities. On censorship and book banning in libraries; includes the case against Kathy Russell, director of the Washington County Public Library in Abingdon,…
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The Birds, the bees, and the Constitution : sex education in the public schools (Episode 7 of 15)
The seventh in the 15-part series Bill of Rights Radio Education Project, co-sponsored by the Pacifica Foundation and the American Civil Liberties Union, with major funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Documentary on sex education and the Constitution. Produced by Peggy Stein; narrated by Brenda Wilson. Adi Gevins, executive producer; Marie Ritzo, associate…
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The Politics of the original sin : entrapment, temptation, and the Constitution (Episode 8 of 15)
The eighth in the 15-part series Bill of Rights Radio Education Project, co-sponsored by the Pacifica Foundation and the American Civil Liberties Union, with major funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities. This episode explores the legality of sting operations, ABSCAM, COINTELPRO, and other entrapment. Includes discussion of American law enforcement, police procedures, and…
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Bill of Rights radio education project mini-documentaries
These recordings are of twelve excerpts from the nine-part series the “Bill of Rights Radio Education Project,” executive produced by Adi Gevins. This program is also executive produced by Adi Gevins, with John Rieger as producer. Each excerpt is three to five minutes long. Reel 1: 1. “Hand guns and the Fourth Amendment” 2. “Hand…
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Bill of Rights radio education project
This is a series of fifteen half-hour documentary programs on the Bill of Rights to the United States Constitution, produced between 1981 and 1983 by the Pacifica Foundation with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation. Each self-contained program examines the Bill of Rights from a legal,…