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Informationen zum Autor Raymond Wolters Klappentext Raymond Wolters maintains that Ronald Reagan and William Bradford Reynolds made the "right turn" when they questioned and limited the use of racial considerations in drawing electoral boundaries. He also documents the Reagan administration's considerable success in reinforcing within the country, and reviving within the judiciary, the conviction that every person - black or white - should be considered an individual with unique talents and inalienable rights. This book begins with a biographical chapter on William Bradford Reynolds, the Assistant Attorney General who was the principal architect of Reagan's civil rights policies. It then analyzes three main civil rights issues: voting rights, affirmative action, and school desegregation. Wolters describes specific cases: at-large elections and minority vote dilutions; congressional districting in New Orleans; legislative districting in North Carolina; the debates over the Civil Rights Act of 1964; social science critiques of affirmative action; the question of quotas; and school desegregation and forced busing. Because Ronald Reagan and William Bradford Reynolds were men of the right, and because most journalists and historians are on the left, Wolters feels the "people of words" have dealt harshly with the Reagan administration. In writing this book, he hopes to correct the record on a subject that has been badly represented. Zusammenfassung In the spirit of the time, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 called for nondiscrimination for American citizens, seeking equality without regard for race, color, or creed Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments IntroductionPart I: Voting Rights Introduction to Part I1. Preclearance2. At-Large Elections! Minority Vote Dilution! and the Results Test3. The Debate Over the Revised Section 24. Six Cases5. Congressional Districting in New Orleans6. Legislative Districting in North Carolina 7. Conclusion to Part IPart II: Affirmative Action Introduction to Part II 8. The Civil Rights Act! 19649. The Social Science Critique of Affirmative Action10. Charting a New Course11. False Dawn12. The Nadir13. Endgame14. Conclusion to Part IIPart III: School Desegregation Introduction to Part III15. From Brown to Busing16. Coercion or Choice17. Breaking Away18. Shaping a New Policy19. Gold Plated Desegregation20. Light at the End of the Tunnel? 21. Conclusion to Part III Appendix: The Bob Jones Case Index ...
