We shall overcome a history of civil rights and the law /

Main Author: Tsesis, Alexander.
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, c2008.
Subjects:
Online Access:http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10315691
Table of Contents:
  • Liberty through revolution
  • Constitutional republic of equals?
  • The controversy about slavery
  • Sectional compromise and national conflict
  • Reconstructing the American dream
  • Unraveling constitutional reconstruction
  • Political restrictions and developments
  • Progressive transitions
  • Rights in the regulatory state
  • The war against tyranny
  • Expanding civil rights
  • The Warren court's achievements
  • Sketches of the continuing legal effort.