Historical Dictionary of the Civil Rights Movement
- ISBN-10
- 0810831635
- ISBN-13
- 9780810831636
- Category
- Political Science
- Pages
- 331
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1997
- Author
- Ralph E. Luker
Description
Provides over three hundred concise descriptions of the important people, organizations, events, and the multitude of executive orders, legislative acts, and judicial decisions which played crucial roles in the historic transformation of American society after World War II.
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