Student's Guide to Landmark Congressional Laws on Civil Rights

by Marcus D. Pohlmann and Linda Vallar Whisenhunt

Book Overview

The Declaration of Independence stated that all men are created equal, yet the long and continuing struggle for civil rights in the United States seems to indicate otherwise. This reference guide details the most critical civil rights laws in U.S. history, moving from the period of slavery, to the Civil War, to the Reconstruction, to the civil rights era of the mid- to late-20th century. An overview essay introduces each period, and 36 individual...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313313857
• ISBN13: 9780313313851
• Release Date: October 2002
• Publisher: Greenwood
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.5"