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Author:

Levine, Bertram J.

Title:

Resolving racial conflict : the Community Relations Service and civil rights, 1964-1989 / Bertram Levine.

Publisher:

University of Missouri Press,

Copyright Date:

c2005

Description:

xvi, 262 p. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

United States.--Community Relations Service--History.
United States.--Civil Rights Act of 1964.
African Americans--History--History--20th century.
Race discrimination--United States--History--20th century.
Civil rights--United States--History--20th century.
Discrimination--United States--History--20th century.
United States--Race relations.
United States--Ethnic relations.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-249) and index.

Contents:

Lyndon Johnson sets the stage -- Learning intervention : intuition, courage, and goodwill -- Selma blow by blow : a dissection of the community crisis that turned the tide for voting rights -- Equality of results : the revised civil rights agenda -- When cities erupt -- Police-minority relations : a lightning rod for racial conflagration -- Education amid turmoil -- Mediation : the road less traveled -- Not all black and white : varieties of civil rights conflict -- Minorities and the media : the conversion of the image builders -- The quest for value.

ISBN:

9780826215581 (alk. paper)
0826215580 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)56729663

LCCN:

2004022372

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)