Civil Rights and Social Wrongs

The persistence of racial inequality in a democratic society may be the gravest problem confronting the United States. It has surely been the most intractable. Yet the torrent of scholarship and comment unleashed in recent years by the question of race provides a general reader with little overall u...

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description The persistence of racial inequality in a democratic society may be the gravest problem confronting the United States. It has surely been the most intractable. Yet the torrent of scholarship and comment unleashed in recent years by the question of race provides a general reader with little overall understanding of the solutions attempted and the resulting outcomes. These essays by ten leading scholars offer the most compact comprehensive appraisal we have of how the modern civil rights movement arose, what changes it brought about in relationships between blacks and whites, and how it led to affirmative action, to multiculturalism, and eventually to the present stalemate and discontent. Contributors are Christopher Beem, Lawrence Bobo, Erwin Chemerinsky, Gerald Early, Jean Bethke Elshtain, Lawrence H. Fuchs, Nathan Glazer, John Higham, Douglas S. Massey, and Diane Ravitch.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1741562026-03-19T14:53:21Z Civil Rights and Social Wrongs Higham, John John Higham 0-271-01709-0 0-271-01932-8 History American Racial inequality democratic Society Civil rights Movement affirmative action multiculturalism Stalemate Discontent ethnicity pluralistic international Us United states Usa thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues::JBFA Social discrimination and social justice thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHK History of the Americas thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBS Social groups, communities and identities::JBSL Ethnic studies thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPQ Central / national / federal government::JPQB Central / national / federal government policies The persistence of racial inequality in a democratic society may be the gravest problem confronting the United States. It has surely been the most intractable. Yet the torrent of scholarship and comment unleashed in recent years by the question of race provides a general reader with little overall understanding of the solutions attempted and the resulting outcomes. These essays by ten leading scholars offer the most compact comprehensive appraisal we have of how the modern civil rights movement arose, what changes it brought about in relationships between blacks and whites, and how it led to affirmative action, to multiculturalism, and eventually to the present stalemate and discontent. Contributors are Christopher Beem, Lawrence Bobo, Erwin Chemerinsky, Gerald Early, Jean Bethke Elshtain, Lawrence H. Fuchs, Nathan Glazer, John Higham, Douglas S. Massey, and Diane Ravitch. 2026-03-19T14:53:19Z 2026-03-19T14:53:19Z 2026-03-06T14:34:27Z 1997 book https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/111281 9780585278902 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/174156 eng open access image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/111281/1/9780585278902.pdf Penn State University Press Penn State University Press 10.5325/b.19971275 10.5325/b.19971275 e4e05b94-0f85-49a1-ba66-543b1dd40087 9780585278902 Penn State University Press 232.0 University Park, PA open access
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United states
Usa
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Civil Rights and Social Wrongs
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title_fullStr Civil Rights and Social Wrongs
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topic John Higham
0-271-01709-0
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History
American
Racial inequality democratic
Society
Civil rights
Movement affirmative action multiculturalism
Stalemate
Discontent ethnicity pluralistic international
Us
United states
Usa
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thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHK History of the Americas
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBS Social groups, communities and identities::JBSL Ethnic studies
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPQ Central / national / federal government::JPQB Central / national / federal government policies
topic_facet John Higham
0-271-01709-0
0-271-01932-8
History
American
Racial inequality democratic
Society
Civil rights
Movement affirmative action multiculturalism
Stalemate
Discontent ethnicity pluralistic international
Us
United states
Usa
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thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPQ Central / national / federal government::JPQB Central / national / federal government policies
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