CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS FOUNDATION
Bill of Right in Action
Spring 1997 (13:2)
Updated June 2000

CONTROVERSIES IN THE ARTS

This edition of Bill of Rights in Action focuses various controversies surrounding art—ranging from Nazi Germany's suppression of modern art to modern controversies about the National Endowment of the Arts and popular music lyrics.

U.S. Government: The Battle Over the National Endowment for the Arts

World History: The Suppression of Art in Nazi Germany

U.S. History: Music on Trial: Rock, Rap, and Responsibility

This issue of the Bill of Rights in Action is made possible by a generous grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation.

Officers: Susan Troy, President; Knox Cologne, Immediate Past President; Publications Committee: Jerome C. Byrne, Chairperson; Paul Cane, Gerald Chaleff, Margaret Morrow, Peggy Saferstein, Marvin Sears, Lloyd M. Smith, Lois Thompson, Carlton Varner. Staff: Todd Clark, Executive Director; Marshall L. Croddy, Director of Program and Materials Development; Charles Degelmen and Bill Hayes, Writers and Editors; Cristy Lytal, Web Editor; Andrew Costly, Production Manager; Marvin Sears, CRF Board Reviewer.

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