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We Sing from the Heart: How The Slants® Took Their Fight for Free Speech to the Supreme Court
Mia Wenjen
Illustrator: Victor Bizar Gómez
Ages: 9+
Published: 2024
Publisher: Red Comet Press
ISBN: 978-1-63655-087-9
Keywords: Law & Justice-racism, antiracism, social justice, trademark, music
A rock band battled to keep its chosen name, a racial slur that its own members had been called. Expressive digital art. Short biographies of other Asian American activists. Sources. Song lyrics.