Civil Rights and the Presidency Race and Gender in American Politics, 1960-1972

Name: Civil Rights and the Presidency Race and Gender in American Politics, 1960-1972
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ISBN: 9780195073225

ISBN-10: 0195073223

ISBN-13: 9780195073225

Edition: 2nd 1992 (Abridged)

Authors: Hugh Davis Graham

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Now abridged for courses, this edition of Hugh D. Graham's groundbreakinghistory of national policy during the battle for civil rights recreates theintense debates in Congress and the White House that led to the Civil Rights Actof 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 banning discrimination againstminorities and women. Following the implementation of these policies through athickening maze of federal agencies and court decisions, the text reveals howthe classic liberal agenda of non-discrimination evolved into the controversialprogram of affirmative action, surprisingly enough, under Richard Nixon. Basedon extensive, groundbreaking research in the Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixonpresidential…

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List price: $99.99
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 1992
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 2/27/1992
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.902
Language: English




America in 1960: Blacks and Women on the Eve of Social Revolution



The Kennedy Presidency and Black Civil Rights, 1960-1962



The Segregated Civil Rights Bills of 1963 for Women and Blacks



Lyndon Johnson and The Civil Rights Act of 1964



The Watershed of 1965: From the Voting Rights Act to ""Black Power""



The EEOC and the Politics of Gender



Race, Affirmative Action, and Open Housing, 1965-1968



The Nixon Presidency: Domestic Policy and Divided Government