Stephe D. Solomon is an associate professor at the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute at New York University. A graduate of Georgetown University Law Center, he teaches First Amendment law to graduate and undergraduate students. He has written for numerous national publications including The New York Times Magazine, Fortune and The New Republic, and has been recognized with the Gerald Loeb Award and the Hillman Prize. His last book, ELLERY'S PROTEST, told the story of the Supreme Court's controversial decision forbidding state-sponsored prayer and Bible reading in public schools.

Books by Stephen D. Solomon

Revolutionary Dissent: How the Founding Generation Created the Freedom of Speech

by Stephen D. Solomon - History, Nonfiction

When members of the founding generation protested against British authority, debated separation, and then ratified the Constitution, they formed the American political character we know today --- raucous, intemperate and often mean-spirited. REVOLUTIONARY DISSENT brings alive a world of colorful and stormy protests that included effigies, pamphlets, songs, sermons, cartoons, letters and liberty trees. Stephen D. Solomon explores through a series of chronological narratives how Americans of the Revolutionary period employed robust speech against the British and against each other.