America's peacemakers : the community relations service and civil rights / Bertram Levine and Grande Lum.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Levine, Bertram J., author.

Lum, Grande, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Community Relations Service--History.

United States.

United States. Community Relations Service.

Discrimination.

History.

Civil rights.

Race discrimination.

United States--Race relations.

Race relations.

United States--Ethnic relations.

Ethnic relations.

United States. Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Race discrimination--United States--History--20th century.

Race discrimination--United States--History--21st century.

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

Discrimination--United States--History--20th century.

Civil rights--United States--History--21st century.

Discrimination--United States--History--21st century.

Civil Rights Act of 1964 (United States).

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xliii, 449 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

New edition.

Other Title:

Community relations service and Civil Rights

Place of Publication:

Columbia : University of Missouri Press, [2020]

Summary:

"In this second, expanded edition, Grande Lum continues Bertram Levine's excellent scholarship, adding what has transpired over the last twenty-five years for the Community Relations Service (CRS) of the U.S. Department of Justice. That the Trump administration has sought to eliminate CRS gives this book increased urgency and relevance. In 2009 the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr., Hate Crimes Prevention Act substantially altered CRS's jurisdiction for the first time since its founding. In addition to race, color, and national origin, CRS began focusing on gender, gender identity, religion, sexual orientation, and disability. Applying its community dispute resolution techniques to these new categories was a historic change for CRS, and Lum's documentation of this expanded jurisdiction provides insight into the progression of civil rights."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: PART I

One. Lyndon Johnson Sets the Stage

Two. Learning Intervention: Intuition, Courage, and Goodwill

Three. Selma Blow by Blow: A Dissection of the Community Crisis That Turned the Tide for Voting Rights

Four. Equality of Results: The Revised Civil Rights Agenda

Five. When Cities Erupt

Six. Police-Minority Relations: A Lightning Rod for Racial Conflagration

Seven. Education Amid Turmoil

Eight. Mediation: The Road Less Traveled

Nine. Not All Black and White: Varieties of Civil Rights Conflict

Ten. Minorities and the Media: The Conversion of the Image Builders

PART II

Eleven. Nazis, Free Speech, and Hate: Preventing a Bloodbath in Skokie and Beyond

Twelve. Arabs, Muslims, and Sikhs: Preventing and Responding to Unfounded Violence after 9/11

Thirteen. Not Only Race: Confronting Other Types of Hate

Fourteen. Crossing Borders: The Elian Gonzales Custody Dispute

Fifteen. Back to the Future: Law Enforcement and Race Takes Center Stage in Sanford, Florida

CONCLUSION

Sixteen. The Quest for Value.

Notes:

"A new edition of Resolving Racial Conflict."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Levine, Bertram, 1919- America's peacemakers

ISBN:

9780826222169

0826222161

OCLC:

1153338315