Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-198) and index.

Examines the conditions under which a political majority will extend rights of assembly and free speech to a political minority such as the National Socialist Party of America, led by Frank Collin. The party, a splinter group with only 20-30 members, tried to hold a demonstration in 1977 in Skokie, Illinois, where over half the population is Jewish. Analyzes results of a survey of members of the American Civil Liberties Union and Common Cause, considered as "elite" groups having political power and influence, which supported the Nazis' right to demonstrate. Examines the phenomenon of elite vs. mass tolerance and the relationship between alleged political tolerance and actual behavior. About 15% of ACLU members cancelled their membership in protest.,(From the Bibliography of the Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Antisemitism).

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