Political Trials
Additional Readings
FRIDAY, JANUARY 14: THE HAYMARKET TRIAL
Navigate to http://www.chicagohistory.org/dramas/overview/over.htm,
click on "Main Contents" in the left-hand column, and then read the
following selections:
Prologue: Whither America?
Act I: Subterranean Fire
Act II: Let Your Tragedy Be Enacted Here
Act III: Toils of the Law
Act IV: The Voice of the People
Act V: Raising the Dead
Epilogue: Drama Without End
If you would like to print out any of these selections, click on
"Resources" in the left-hand column, and then "PDF files" in the
right-hand part of the screen.
MONDAY, JANUARY17: THE DREYFUS TRIALS
Wikipedia article on Dreyfus Affair
Wikipedia article on Alfred Dreyfus
Emile Zola, J'accuse!
Wikipedia article on Emile
Zola
PBS article on J'accuse!
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 26: BUSH V. GORE
Bush
v. Gore
(Please click on the buttons at the top of that screen to see each of
the opinions in the case.)