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Author Katznelson, Ira.

Title When affirmative action was white : an untold history of racial inequality in twentieth-century America / Ira Katznelson.

Imprint New York : W.W. Norton, c2005.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  323.1196073 K159w 2005    ---  Available
 FSCC Non-Fiction  323.1197 KAT 2005    ---  Available
Edition 1st ed.
Description xv, 238 p. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Doctor of laws -- Welfare in black and white -- Rules for work -- Divisions in war -- White veterans only -- Johnson's ambitions, Powell's principles : thoughts on renewing affirmative action.
Summary "A work that exposes the twisted origins of affirmative action"--Provided by publisher.
Subject African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century.
Affirmative action programs -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
African Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- History -- 20th century.
African Americans -- Economic conditions -- 20th century.
Race discrimination -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973 -- Political and social views.
Whites -- Civil rights -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
United States -- Race relations.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989.
ISBN 0393052133 (hardcover)

 
    
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