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Record Nr.

UNINA9910788384803321

Autore

Deslippe Dennis

Titolo

Protesting affirmative action [[electronic resource] ] : the struggle over equality after the civil rights revolution / / Dennis Deslippe

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Baltimore, Md., : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012

ISBN

1-4214-0431-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (297 p.)

Collana

Reconfiguring American political history

Disciplina

323.173

Soggetti

Affirmative action programs - United States - History

Equality - United States - History

Race discrimination - United States - History

Affirmative action programs - Law and legislation - United States

United States Race relations History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

"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.