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Affirmative action : a documentary history
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Affirmative action : a documentary history

Author: Jo Ann Robinson
Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2001.
Series: Primary documents in American history and contemporary issues
Edition/Format: Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary: Provides 395 primary documents outlining the arguments both for and against affirmative action as it pertains to race, gender, and disability.
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Jo Ann Robinson
ISBN: 0313301697 9780313301698
OCLC Number: 45137567
Description: lxiii, 400 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents: 1854-1900: Affirmations of limitations on, and citizenship status of African Americans, women, and the disabled, in Legislative action, Judicial rulings and public policy decisions -- 1901-1963: "Affirmative Action," early usage of the term and foreshadowings in Executive orders, Judicial rulings, and State and Federal laws -- Progressivism and World War I -- 1930s -- World War II -- Postwar Era -- Administration of Dwight Eisenhower -- Kennedy Era -- 1964-1972: Evolution of a complex and ambiguous body of Congressional law, rules and Executive enforcement, and court decisions: Administration of Lyndon Johnson -- Administration of Richard Nixon -- 1973-1980: Time of testing: Affirmative Action applied, challenged, upheld, and challenged again -- Final Nixon years -- Interim years of Gerald Ford -- Administration of Jimmy Carter -- 1981-2000: Affirmative Action entrenched and embattled: Reagan-Bush years -- Administration of William Jefferson Clinton.
Series Title: Primary documents in American history and contemporary issues
Responsibility: edited by Jo Ann Ooiman Robinson.

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Provides 395 primary documents outlining the arguments both for and against affirmative action as it pertains to race, gender, and disability.

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