Equal Protection: Rights and Liberties Under the Law

by Francis Graham Lee

An introductory survey of the government's role in America's continuing drive for equality.

Today's lingering inequalities, particularly the "American dilemma" of racism, runs throughout U.S. history. Equal Protection provides readers with a historical overview of the controversies over the issue of equality, an understanding of how government-and, particularly, the courts and Congress-has reacted to these controversies, and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1576078507
• ISBN13: 9781576078501
• Release Date: November 2003
• Publisher: ABC-CLIO
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher