The Fifth Freedom : Jobs, Politics, and Civil Rights in the United States, 1941-1972.

Where did affirmative action in employment come from? The conventional wisdom is that it was instituted during the Johnson and Nixon years through the backroom machinations of federal bureaucrats and judges. The Fifth Freedom presents a new perspective, tracing the roots of the policy to partisan co...

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Main Author: Chen, Anthony S.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2009
Series:Princeton studies in American politics.
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central