Nixon's civil rights : politics, principle, and policy / Dean J. Kotlowski.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kotlowski, Dean J.

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.

United States--Politics and government--1969-1974.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (417 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In a groundbreaking new book, Kotlowski offers a surprising study of an administration that redirected the course of civil rights in America. Kotlowski examines such issues as school desegregation, fair housing, voting rights, affirmative action, and minority businesses as well as Native American and women's rights. He details Nixon's role, revealing a president who favored deeds over rhetoric and who constantly weighed political expediency and principles in crafting civil rights policy.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Acknowledgments

Contents

Prologue: Deeds versus Words

1 Flexible Response: Southern Politics and School Desegregation

2 Open Communities versus Forced Integration: Romney, Nixon, and Fair Housing

3 The Art of Compromise: Extending the Voting Rights Act

4 Jobs Are Nixon’s Rights Program: The Philadelphia Plan and Affirmative Action

5 Black Power, Nixon Style: Minority Businesses and Black Colleges

6 A Cold War: Nixon and Civil Rights Leaders

7 Challenges and Opportunities: Native American Policy

8 Stops and Starts: Women’s Rights

Epilogue: In the Shadow of Nixon

Notes

Select Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral--Indiana University).

Includes bibliographical references (p. [381]-388) and index.

ISBN:

9780674039735

0674039734

OCLC:

449777794