Nixon's Civil Rights

by Dean J KOTLOWSKI

Overview

In a groundbreaking new book, Kotlowski offers a surprising study of an administration that redirected the course of civil rights in America. Kotlowski examines such issues as school desegregation, fair housing, voting rights, affirmative action, and minority businesses as well as Native American and women's rights. He details Nixon's role, revealing a president who favored deeds over rhetoric and who constantly weighed political expediency and principles in crafting civil rights policy.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780674039735
Publisher:	Harvard University Press
Publication date:	06/30/2009
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	416
File size:	653 KB

About the Author

Dean J. Kotlowski is Associate Professor of History at Salisbury University.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Contents

Prologue: Deeds versus Words

1 Flexible Response: Southern Politics and School Desegregation

2 Open Communities versus Forced Integration: Romney, Nixon, and Fair Housing

3 The Art of Compromise: Extending the Voting Rights Act

4 Jobs Are Nixon's Rights Program: The Philadelphia Plan and Affirmative Action

5 Black Power, Nixon Style: Minority Businesses and Black Colleges

6 A Cold War: Nixon and Civil Rights Leaders

7 Challenges and Opportunities: Native American Policy

8 Stops and Starts: Women's Rights

Epilogue: In the Shadow of Nixon

Notes

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Index