Affirmative action
By: John W. Johnson and Robert P. Green, Jr.
Contributors: Green, Robert P.
Series: Historical guides to controversial issues in America
Publisher: Greenwood Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Santa Barbara, Calif
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780313338144; 9780313081323
Subjects: Affirmative action programs -- United States -- History; Discrimination in employment -- United States -- History; Discrimination in higher education -- United States -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: The debate over affirmative action; title: Protecting White men's jobs; title: The Great Society and the birth of affirmative action; title: Affirmative action takes shape; title: DeFunis and Bakke : judicial challenges to affirmative action in higher education in the 1970s; title: The limits of employment affirmative action, 1970s-1990s; title: Affirmative action defended and attacked : the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s; title: Two tales from one city : the Michigan affirmative action cases; title: Desegregation, resegregation, and affirmative action; title: Conclusion: Where the affirmative action debate stands today; title: Appendix: Affirmative action timeline.