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

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Author / Creator:Tsesis, Alexander.
Imprint:New Haven : Yale University Press, c2008.
Description:x, 369 p. ; 25 cm.
Language:English
Subject:Civil rights -- United States -- History.
Civil rights.
Discrimination -- Law and legislation.
United States.
History.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6821501
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ISBN:9780300118377 (cloth : alk. paper)
0300118376 (cloth : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. [305]-354) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. Liberty through Revolution
  • 2. Constitutional Republic of Equals?
  • 3. The Controversy about Slavery
  • 4. Sectional Compromise and National Conflict
  • 5. Reconstructing the American Dream
  • 6. Unraveling Constitutional Reconstruction
  • 7. Political Restrictions and Developments
  • 8. Progressive Transitions
  • 9. Rights in the Regulatory State
  • 10. The War against Tyranny
  • 11. Expanding Civil Rights
  • 12. The Warren Court's Achievements
  • 13. Sketches of the Continuing Legal Effort
  • Notes
  • Index