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

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 archives and special collections of the Library of Congress, CivilRights and the Presidency will be invaluable for courses in American history,political science, and black and women's studies.Hugh Davis Graham is the author of 'Civil Rights and the Presidency: Race and Gender in American Politics, 1960-1972', published 1992 under ISBN 9780195073225 and ISBN 0195073223.