Civil rights in America / Robert K. Carr [editor].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Carr, Robert K., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civil rights--United States.

Civil rights.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

United States : Primary Source Media, 1951.

Summary:

Fully indexed and searchable collection of information and primary source documents relating to civil rights in the United States from the colonial era to the present. Includes documents, pictures, timelines, maps, and audio.

Contents:

American civil liberties in mid-twentieth century / Robert E. Cushman

Prejudice, discrimination, and the law / Will Maslow

Organizations promoting civil rights and liberties / Joseph B. Robison

The Case against Army segregation / E.W. Kenworthy

Fair employment practices legislation / Morroe Berger

Fair educational practices legislation / Edward N. Saveth

Legislation guaranteeing equality of access to places of public accommodation / Milton R. Konvitz

Political obstacles to civil right legislation / Jasper B. Shannon

The Supreme Court as protector of civil rights : freedom of expression / David Fellman

The Supreme Court as protector of civil rights : freedom of religion / Leo Pfeffer

The Supreme Court as protector of civil rights : criminal justice / Osmond K. Fraenkel

The Supreme Court as protector of civil rights : equal protection of the law / Thurgood Marshall

Does the garrison state threaten civil rights? / Harold D. Lasswell

Does the loyalty program threaten civil rights? / Eleanor Bontecou

Do state antisubversive efforts threaten civil rights? / William B. Prendergast

Do antisubversive efforts threaten academic freedom? / Edward C. Kirkland

Civil rights in labor-management relations : a management viewpoint / Philip B. Willauer

Civil rights in labor-management relations : a labor viewpoint / Arthur J. Goldberg

The International outlook of civil rights / Roger N. Baldwin.

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