Bibliograph

Constructing affirmative action, the struggle for equal employment opportunity, David Hamilton Golland

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Constructing affirmative action, the struggle for equal employment opportunity, David Hamilton Golland

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrationsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Constructing affirmative action

Nature of contents

dictionariesbibliography

Oclc number

719388595

Responsibility statement

David Hamilton Golland

Series statement

Civil rights and the struggle for Black equality in the twentieth century

Sub title

the struggle for equal employment opportunity

Summary

Between 1965, when President Lyndon B. Johnson defined affirmative action as a legitimate federal goal, and 1972, when President Richard M. Nixon named one of affirmative action's chief antagonists the head of the Department of Labor, government officials at all levels addressed racial economic inequality in earnest

Table Of Contents

Introduction -- Fighting bureaucratic inertia, 1956-1960 -- Becoming the urban crisis, 1961-1963 -- Grasping at solutions, 1964-1967 -- Pushing the envelope : the Philadelphia plans, 1967-1969 -- Constructing affirmative action, 1970-1973 -- Conclusion : affirmative action and equal employment opportunity

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