Defining Free Speech | Why It Matters

Explore how the right to free speech has and continues to evolve since the Bill of Rights was added to the U.S. Constitution in this video from Why It Matters, the history video series where the past is used to explain the present. Why It Matters host Malick Mercier interviews historian Dr. Christopher Capozzola about why the right to free speech is essential to a functioning democracy and how, over time, Americans of different backgrounds and political views have helped define freedom of speech and identify its limits.