The Bill of the Century: The Epic Battle for the Civil Rights Act

by Clay Risen

Book Overview

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was the single most important piece of legislation passed by Congress in American history. This one law so dramatically altered American society that, looking back, it seems preordained-as Everett Dirksen, the GOP leader in the Senate and a key supporter of the bill, said, "no force is more powerful than an idea whose time has come." But there was nothing predestined about the victory: a phalanx of powerful senators,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1608198243
• ISBN13: 9781608198245
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Length: 308 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.5" x 9.6"