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Nat Hentoff

Biographical

Here's a bio from the Washington Post. What did you find out there that you didn't know before?

This page has a brief bio and a photo. How is this page different than the one above? How accurate do you think the information is here? How can you tell? What methods do you use to verify internet information?

Here's a review of Hentoff's autobiography. What biographical information did you glean from reading this review? What else did you learn?

Cultural

Here's a commentary questioning Hentoff's stance concerning free speech. What does the author of the piece think is inconsistent in Hentoff's approach? What is your stance concerning free speech? With which author do you more closely agree?

Here's the homepage of the Yahoo! directory for Jazz, one of Hentoff's passions. What use could you make of the information you find there when writing about Hentoff?

Would you like to zero in on a particular issue that's caught your eye during your research about Hentoff? This is the homepage of the ACLU, and it should provide you with lots of different starting points.

Would you like more information on a topic Hentoff writes frequently about? Here is "The First Amendment Handbook, " published by the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press.

Bibliographical

Here's a column Hentoff wrote about college admissions tests. What is his position on these kinds of tests? What's yours? You had to take at least one, didn't you?

This is a transcript of an interview about the ACLU Hentoff did on AOL. Think of another interview you've read recently, one not conducted online. How is this one different?

This is a review Hentoff wrote about jazz films. How is it different in content from the other writings by this author that you've read? How is it different in tone?