An Idea Whose Time Has Come: Two Presidents, Two Parties, and the Battle for the Civil Rights Act of 1964
- ISBN-10
- 0805096728
- ISBN-13
- 9780805096729
- Series
- An Idea Whose Time Has Come
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 398
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2014-04
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Author
- Todd S. Purdum
Description
Recounting the story of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, a top Washington journalist recreates the legislative maneuvering and the larger-than-life characters who made its passage possible by drawing on extensive archival research and dozens of new interviews that bring to life this signal achievement in American history. 60,000 first printing.
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