Eisenhower vs. Warren: The Battle for Civil Rights and Liberties

by James F. Simon

Book Overview

The bitter feud between President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Chief Justice Earl Warren framed the tumultuous future of the modern civil rights movement. Eisenhower was a gradualist who wanted to coax white Americans in the South into eventually accepting integration, while Warren, author of the Supreme Court's historic unanimous opinion in Brown v. Board of Education, demanded immediate action to dismantle the segregation of the public school system...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0871407558
• ISBN13: 9780871407559
• Release Date: April 2018
• Publisher: Liveright Publishing Corporation
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.2" x 9.4"