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The Affirmative Action Puzzle : : a Living History From Reconstruction to Today

Urofsky, Melvin I. Book - 2020 331.133 Ur 1 On Shelf No requests on this item Community Rating: 0 out of 5

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Affirmative action before Kennedy -- Kennedy and Johnson -- Affirmative action spreads-and mutates -- Nixon and the Philadelphia plan -- Prejudice persists, affirmative action grows -- Marco Defunis, Allan Bakke, and Brian Weber -- Changing academia -- Backlash and defense -- Blacks and Jews divide -- Women and affirmative action -- The Reagan presidency -- The Court changes its mind -- Mend it, don't end it-or not -- Prop 209 -- Affirmative action and elections -- Seeking diversity in higher education -- Women and affirmative action II -- Other groups, here and abroad -- Bush, Obama, and Fisher -- Yes...and no...and Trump.

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PUBLISHED
New York : Pantheon Books, [2020]
Year Published: 2020
Description: 572 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language: English
Format: Book

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781101870877
1101870877

SUBJECTS
Affirmative action programs -- History.
Affirmative action programs in education -- History.
Discrimination -- History.
Minorities -- History.