WHEN SILENCE SPEAKS: RUSSO V. CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

Cases

Russo v. Central School District No. 1, 469 F.2d 623 (2d Cir. 1972)

Articles

Principal Tells Court of Flag Controversy, Democrat & Chronicle 6B (July 8, 1971)

Non-Saluting Teacher’s Firing OK’d, Democrat & Chronicle 2B (Feb. 2, 1972)

Flag Oath: Yes for Standing Silent, N.Y. Times (Nov. 19, 1972)

Teacher Upheld in Pledge Case, Democrat & Chronicle 6B (April 17, 1973)

Warren Weaver Jr., Teacher Who Opposed Flag Pledge Wins Court Fight, N.Y. Times (April 17, 1973)

Daniel Lang, A Reporter at Large: Love of Country, New Yorker 35 (July 30, 1973)

Mary Breasted, A Teacher’s Fight for the Right to Shun Pledge to the Flag, N.Y. Times (Feb. 18, 1974)

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