Civil rights and the presidency : race and gender in American politics, 1960-1972/ Hugh Davis Graham.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Graham, Hugh Davis.

Contributor:

Graham, Hugh David.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civil rights--United States--History--20th century.

Civil rights.

Affirmative action programs--Government policy--United States--History--20th century.

Affirmative action programs.

Affirmative action programs--Government policy.

History.

United States--Politics and government--1945-.

United States.

Politics and government.

Physical Description:

282 pages ; 25 cm

Edition:

Abridged edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 1992.

Summary:

Now abridged for courses, Hugh D. Graham's groundbreaking history of national policy during the battle for civil rights re-creates the intense debates in Congress and the White House that led to the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 banning discrimination against minorities and women. Unique in its discussion of both race and gender as the driving forces in the development of civil rights policy, the text follows the implementation of these policies through a thickening maze of federal agencies and court decisions, showing how the classic liberal agenda of non-discrimination evolved into the controversial program of affirmative action.

Notes:

Abridged ed. of: The civil rights era. 1990.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Related Work:

Graham, Hugh David. Civil rights era.

ISBN:

0195066499

0195073223

OCLC:

23870514