Affirmative Action
- ISBN-10
- 0313081328
- ISBN-13
- 9780313081323
- Series
- Affirmative Action
- Category
- Social Science
- Pages
- 199
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009-05-19
- Publisher
- Greenwood
- Authors
- John W Johnson, Robert P. Green Jr.
Description
Affirmative Action recounts the fascinating history of a civil rights provision considered vital to protecting and promoting equality, but still bitterly contested in the courts—and in the court of public opinion.
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