- Affirmative action, 12, 46, 122
- Aptheker, Bettina, 76
- Areopagitica (Milton), 66
- Arizona State University (ASU), 92–93, 97
- ASU First Amendment Guidelines, 93
- Committee for Campus Inclusion (CCI), 92–93
- Barlow, John Perry, 78–79
- Bill of Rights, The, 74
- Black Lives Matter (#BlackLivesMatter), 6, 49
- Blindspot (Banaji, Greenwald), 47
- Bollinger, Lee, 73, 94, 100, 119–120
- Bowering, James, 86. See also Chaplinsky, Walter
- Brandeis, Louis, Justice, 64. See also U.S. Supreme Court (cases), Abrams
- Brave spaces, 20–22, 28–32
- Brookings Institution, 60
- Brown University, 7, 26
- Calhoun, John C., 41
- Campus activism, 7, 16, 24–27, 29, 122–123, 127
- Censorship, 32–33. See also Free press (on campus)
- Chang, Jeff, 124
- Chaplinsky, Walter, 86–87
- Chemerinsky, Erwin, 42
- Clayton, Henry DeLamar, Judge, 64. See also Sedition Act
- Clinton, Hillary R., 49, 60, 80–81
- Coates, Ta-Nehisi, 58
- Columbia University, 94
- Cross-racial understanding
- Cyberlibertarianism, 78–79. See also Barlow, John Perry
- Dautrich, Ken, 41–42
- Declaration of Independence, The, 56, 104
- Declaration of Independence of Cyberspace, A, 78, 104
- Declaration of the Rights of Man, The, 68
- DePaul University, 2, 31
- Disinhibition effect, 81
- Disinvitation of speakers, 1, 38–39, 41
- Diversity, 45–63. See also Equity and inclusion
- demographic trends (U.S.), 35, 60–61, 125
- interaction diversity, 58
- structural diversity, 58
- Douglass, Frederick, 66, 74–75, 76. See also Abolitionism
- Duke University, 6, 97
- Ellison, John, 23–24, 29, 95, 132–135, 153
- English Bill of Rights, The
- Equal Protection Clause (University of Texas at Austin), 45
- Equity and inclusion, 1, 3, 8, 14–16, 18, 91, 92, 102–103, 118, 120–121, 126. See also Diversity
- Espionage Act, The, 70
- Falwell, Jerry, Jr., 111. See also Liberty University
- Fighting words doctrine, 86–88, 98
- FIRE (Foundation for Individual Rights in Education), 29, 85, 92, 94, 96–97
- annual survey of speech codes, 85, 94
- First Amendment, The (U.S. Constitution) 13–14, 18, 21, 64, 67–71, 74–75, 85–88, 93–98, 107, 109, 114–115, 120, 128
- Fish, Stanley, 69–70
- Fisher, Abigail, 45–47, 55
- Freedom of assembly, 107, 114–116
- Free expression, theories
- autonomy of the individual, 71–73
- marketplace-of-ideas, 66–67, 71. (see also Holmes, Oliver Wendell Jr.)
- tolerance theory, 73–77, 119–120 (see also Tolerance)
- Free press (on campus), 107–114
- Free Speech Movement (1960s), 77, 121. See also University of California, Berkeley
- French Revolution, The, 68
- Frey, William, 60
- Gallup survey (2015), 114
- Garrison, William Lloyd, 75. See also Abolitionism
- Garton Ash, Timothy, 123
- Gillman, Howard, 43
- Gordon-Reed, Annette, 40
- Grimké sisters (Sarah Moore and Angelina Emily), 76
- Guinier, Lani, 35
- Harvard Corporation, 40
- Harvard Law School, 3, 7, 28, 40
- Hate speech, 85–106
- definition, 86
- online, 91
- Historically black colleges or universities (HBCU), 96
- Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr., 64–67, 77. See also U.S. Supreme Court (cases), Abrams
- Huang, Mina, 56
- Hussein, Saddam, 11
- Implicit bias, 37, 47–48
- International Monetary Fund (IMF), 38
- Intersectionality, 35–36, 38
- Kaepernick, Colin (San Francisco 49ers), 121–122
- Kent State University, 19
- Knight Foundation (survey), xxii, 42, 112, 114
- Ku Klux Klan (KKK), 98, 102
- Lachowsky, Hyman, 63. See also U.S. Supreme Court (cases), Abrams
- Lagarde, Christine, 38
- Liberty University (Lynchburg, Virginia), 111
- Lipman, Samuel, 63. See also U.S. Supreme Court (cases), Abrams
- Magna Carta, The, 67
- Mann, Bruce, 40
- Marketplace-of-ideas, 66–67, 71. See also Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr.
- Massachusetts General Laws (chapter 71, section 37O), 88–90
- Microaggressions, 1, 27–28, 34, 37–38
- Middlebury College, 2
- Minow, Martha, 40
- Mott, Lucretia, 76. See also Abolitionism
- National Center for Educational Statistics, 35
- Neo-Nazi (groups), 98, 99, 102
- New Hampshire, Public Laws of (Chapter 378, Section 2), 87
- Newseum Institute, 42
- Nutshell (McEwan), 117–118
- Obama, Barack, 54
- Occidental College, 2, 6
- Oriel College, 41
- Oxford University, 41
- Permissible speech, 4, 30, 93, 95–96, 102, 120
- Perry, Melissa Harris, 6
- Phillips Academy, Andover, 3
- Pierce, Chester M., 36
- Plea for Free Speech in Boston, A (Douglass), 74. See also Abolitionism
- Political correctness, 8, 23
- Popper, Karl, 100–101
- Princeton University, 6
- Purdue University, 98
- Race (in college admissions), 45–53. See also Affirmative action; Freedom of assembly; U.S. Supreme Court (cases), Brown v. Board of Education, Fisher I, Fisher II, Gratz v. Bollinger, Grutter v. Bollinger
- Renaming of campus landmarks, 1, 28, 39
- Report of the Committee on Freedom of Expression (University of Chicago), 95
- Rhodes, Cecil, 41
- Rice, Condoleezza, 38
- Rittgers, Annie, 40
- Rowe, Mary, 36
- Royall, Isaac, 7
- Russian Revolution, The (1917), 63–64
- Rutgers University, 38
- Safe spaces, 13, 20–22, 28–31
- Say Her Name (#SayHerName), 6, 49
- Schmieg, Joel, (Liberty Champion editor), 111. See also Liberty University
- Schwartz, Jacob, 63. See also U.S. Supreme Court (cases), Abrams
- Sedition Act, The, 64, 70
- Skokie, Illinois, 98. See also Neo-Nazi (groups)
- Smith College, 38
- Snowden, Edward, 70
- Speech codes, 28, 44, 89–90, 94, 105
- Staples, Brent, 48
- State actors, 68, 78, 94, 107
- Steele, Claude, 36, 48
- Steimer, Mollie, 63. See also U.S. Supreme Court (cases), Abrams
- Stereotypes and stereotyping, 47–49
- Sue, Derald Wing, 36
- Tai, Tim, 111–113
- Time, place, and manner (exception), 14
- Tolerance, 99–106. See also Free expression, theories
- paradox of, 16, 99–100, 102, 104 (see also Popper, Karl)
- Tolerant Society (Bollinger), 73, 100
- Trigger warnings, 1, 13, 27, 32–34
- Trump, Donald J., 2, 4, 49, 59, 82, 90, 103, 111, 124
- University of California, Berkeley, 2, 76, 121
- University of Chicago, 20, 23–24, 29-30, 33, 94–95, 120
- Office of LGBTQ Student Life, 21
- University of Michigan, 46, 61
- University of Missouri, 2, 26, 111–113
- School of Journalism, 112
- University of Texas at Austin, 45–46, 53, 61
- U.S. Constitution, 65, 68–69, 74, 77–78, 87–88, 104
- U.S. Supreme Court (cases)
- Abrams, 64–66, 77
- Brown v. Board of Education, 46, 57
- Chaplinsky, 87
- Fisher I, 46–47
- Fisher II, 46–47, 51, 53, 55, 57, 60–62, 122
- Gratz v. Bollinger, 46, 122
- Grutter v. Bollinger, 46, 61, 122
- Virginia v. Black, 87
- Whistling Vivaldi (Steele), 48
- Wilfrid Laurier University, 56
- Williams College, 8
- Wilson, Woodrow, 41
- Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, 41
- Yale University, 2, 7, 26, 40