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Author:

Urofsky, Melvin I., author.

Title:

The affirmative action puzzle : a living history from reconstruction to today / Melvin I. Urofsky.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Pantheon Books,

Copyright Date:

2020

Description:

xviii, 572 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm

Subject:

Affirmative action programs--United States--History.
Affirmative action programs in education--United States--History.
Discrimination--History.--United States--History.
Minorities--History.--United States--History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Affirmative action before Kennedy -- Kennedy and Johnson -- Affirmative action spreads-and mutates -- Nixon and the Philadelphia plan -- Prejudice persists, affirmative action grows -- Marco Defunis, Allan Bakke, and Brian Weber -- Changing academia -- Backlash and defense -- Blacks and Jews divide -- Women and affirmative action -- The Reagan presidency -- The Court changes its mind -- Mend it, don't end it-or not -- Prop 209 -- Affirmative action and elections -- Seeking diversity in higher education -- Women and affirmative action II -- Other groups, here and abroad -- Bush, Obama, and Fisher -- Yes...and no...and Trump.

ISBN:

1101870877
9781101870877

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1100448712

LCCN:

2019016086

Locations:

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

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

RZPE145 -- Carroll Public Library (Carroll)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

CEAX572 -- Kirkwood Community College Library (Cedar Rapids)

TDPH826 -- Davenport Public Library (Davenport)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)