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03365aam a2200457 i 4500 001 9B66B90EFFE911EBB6EAFDEE22ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210818010020 008 210124s2021 caua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2020052200 020 $a 1440867291 020 $a 9781440867293 035 $a (OCoLC)1236898681 040 $a LBSOR/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d ELW $d OCLCO $d IBI $d YDX $d ZLM $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a JC599.U5 $b L417 2021 100 1 $a LeMay, Michael C., $d 1941- $e author. 245 10 $a Civil rights and civil liberties in America : $b a reference handbook / $c Michael C. LeMay. 264 1 $a Santa Barbara, California : $b ABC-CLIO, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, $c [2021] 300 $a xvii, 388 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm. 490 1 $a Contemporary world issues 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Background and history -- Problems, controversies, and solutions -- Perspectives -- Profiles -- Data and documents -- Resources -- Chronology. 520 $a "This book covers civil rights and civil liberties politics in the United States from the ratification of the Bill of Rights to current-day controversies, such as the travel ban and proposals to end birth-right citizenship. Civil Rights and Civil Liberties: A Reference Handbook provides a thorough overview of civil rights in U.S. history, detailing all the relevant amendments to the Constitution and reviewing key Supreme Court decisions and landmark cases on the topic. Aimed at general readers as well as high school, college, and university students, it focuses on the role of federal courts in civil rights and civil liberties politics. It also profiles the primary actors in civil rights and civil liberties, both organizations and people. The volume comprises seven chapters. Chapter 1 presents the history and background of the topic, and Chapter 2 discusses problems, controversies, and solutions. Chapter 3 consists of essays by contributors that round out the coauthors' expertise. Chapter 4 profiles important organizations and people, while Chapter 5 offers relevant data and documents. Chapter 6 is composed of an annotated list of important resources. Finally, Chapter 7 offers a useful chronology citing and describing the major events related to the topic from the nation's founding until 2019."-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Civil rights $z United States. 650 0 $a Liberty. 651 0 $a United States $x Politics and government. 651 0 $a United States $x History $v Sources. 650 7 $a Civil rights. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00862627 650 7 $a Liberty. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00997251 650 7 $a Politics and government. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919741 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 655 7 $a Sources. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01423900 776 08 $i Online version: $a LeMay, Michael C., 1941- $t Civil rights and civil liberties in America $d Santa Barbara, California : ABC-CLIO, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2021] $z 9781440867309 $w (DLC) 2020052201 830 0 $a Contemporary world issues. 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231019023258.0 952 $l OPAX566 $d 20220128010324.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=9B66B90EFFE911EBB6EAFDEE22ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search