Right Turn - William Bradford Reynolds, Reagan Administration, Black Civil Rights

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

List of contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I: Voting Rights
Introduction to Part I
1. Preclearance
2. At-Large Elections, Minority Vote Dilution, and the Results Test
3. The Debate Over the Revised Section 2
4. Six Cases
5. Congressional Districting in New Orleans
6. Legislative Districting in North Carolina
7. Conclusion to Part I
Part II: Affirmative Action
Introduction to Part II
8. The Civil Rights Act, 1964
9. The Social Science Critique of Affirmative Action
10. Charting a New Course
11. False Dawn
12. The Nadir
13. Endgame
14. Conclusion to Part II
Part III: School Desegregation
Introduction to Part III
15. From Brown to Busing
16. Coercion or Choice
17. Breaking Away
18. Shaping a New Policy
19. Gold Plated Desegregation
20. Light at the End of the Tunnel?
21. Conclusion to Part III
Appendix: The Bob Jones Case
Index

About the author

Raymond Wolters

Summary

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

Product details

• Authors: Marcuse, Herbert Marcuse, Herbert Wolters Marcuse, Raymond Wolters, Wolters Raymond
• Assisted by: Raymond Wolters (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781138514225
• ISBN: 978-1-138-51422-5
• No. of pages: 512
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, 20th Century, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, United States of America, USA, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies, Civil rights & citizenship, Central / national / federal government policies, Black & Asian Studies, Civics and citizenship, Central government policies, Ethnic studies / Ethnicity