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Protesting affirmative action : the struggle over equality after the civil rights revolution / Dennis Deslippe.

Author/creator Deslippe, Dennis
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoBaltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press,
Descriptionxii, 282 p. ; 24 cm.
Supplemental Content Full text available from UPCC Books History 2012 Subject Collection
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Subject(s)
Series Reconfiguring American political history
Reconfiguring American political history.
Contents "The best affirmative action program is creating jobs for everyone" : organized labor responds to affirmative action, 1960-74 -- "This strange madness" : the origins of opposition to higher education : affirmative action, 1968-72 -- "The issue is getting hotter" : the struggle over higher education -- Affirmative action policy in the early 1970s -- "Treat him as a decent American!" : DeFunis v. Odegaard (1974) and -- Color-blindness in the courtroom -- "Do whites have rights?" : white Detroit policemen and "reverse discrimination" protests in the mid-late 1970s -- "The fight for true non-discrimination" : politics and anti-affirmative action before Bakke -- Conclusion.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2011019911
ISBN9781421403588 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN1421403587 (hardcover : alk. paper)

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