To End All Segregation
The Politics of the Passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
Format:Hardback
Publisher:University Press of America
Published:16th Feb '90
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This book traces the early history of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States, showing how brutal police treatment of civil rights demonstrators in Birmingham, Alabama, forced President Kennedy to send a strong civil rights bill to Congress in June of 1963. The various legislative strategies used to get the Civil Rights Act of 1964 through Congress are detailed.
Although he is discussing events that occurred more than a quarter century ago and, of course, we know how the story ends, Loevy creates a sense of drama and expectation. * Perspectives on Political Science *
A splendidly researched and written policy analysis of one of the most important, if not the most important, pieces of legislation in the twentieth century. -- Dr. Thomas E. Coronin, The Colorado College * Perspectives on Political Science *
...this is an interesting book that will be especially valuable to that esoteric group who frame our laws. * Journal of Southern History *
...this is an interesting book that will be especially valuable to that esoteric group who frame our laws. * Journal of Southern History *
Although he is discussing events that occurred more than a quarter century ago and, of course, we know how the story ends, Loevy creates a sense of drama and expectation. * Perspectives on Political Science *
A splendidly researched and written policy analysis of one of the most important, if not the most important, pieces of legislation in the twentieth century. -- Dr. Thomas E. Coronin, The Colorado College * Perspectives on Political Science *
ISBN: 9780819176882
Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 25mm
Weight: 454g
382 pages