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Author Tsesis, Alexander.

Title We shall overcome : a history of civil rights and the law / Alexander Tsesis.

Publication Info. New Haven : Yale University Press, [2008]
©2008

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Description 1 online resource (x, 369 pages)
Contents Liberty through revolution -- Constitutional republic of equals? -- The controversy about slavery -- Sectional compromise and national conflict -- Reconstructing the American dream -- Unraveling constitutional reconstruction -- Political restrictions and developments -- Progressive transitions -- Rights in the regulatory state -- The war against tyranny -- Expanding civil rights -- The Warren court's achievements -- Sketches of the continuing legal effort.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-354) and index.
Note Print version record.
Summary Despite America's commitment to civil rights from the earliest days of nationhood, examples of injustices against minorities stain many pages of U.S. history. The battle for racial, ethnic, and gender fairness remains unfinished. This comprehensive book t.
Subject Civil rights -- United States -- History.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Human Rights.
Civil rights. (OCoLC)fst00862627
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Bürgerrecht.
United States.
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Tsesis, Alexander. We shall overcome. New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2008 (DLC) 2007035452
Standard No. 9786612088650
ISBN 9780300145311 (electronic bk.)
0300145314 (electronic bk.)
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