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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.