The fifth freedom
Subtitle: jobs, politics, and civil rights in the United States, 1941-1972
By: Anthony S. Chen.
Series: Princeton studies in American politics : historical, international, and comparative perspectives
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Princeton
Language: eng
Number of pages: 395
ISBN-13: 9780691134574; 9780691139531
Subjects: Affirmative action programs -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Discrimination in employment -- Government policy -- United States -- History -- 20th century; African Americans -- Employment -- History -- 20th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: On the origins of affirmative action : puzzles and perspectives; title: The strange career of fair employment practices in national politics and policy, 1941-1960; title: Experimenting with civil rights : the politics of Ives-Quinn in New York State, 1941-1945; title: Laboratories of democracy? the unsteady march of fair employment in the states, 1945-1964; title: Have a dream deferred : the fall of fair employment and the rise of affirmative action.