Includes bibliographical references (p. 151-153) and index.
Contents:
Age of innocence, 1945-1965: Ethnic America in 1945; Civil Rights crusade; Welcoming refugees and ending quotas, 1945-1965 -- Rumblings of discontent, 1965-1980: Black and Hispanic militancy; Red power; Affirmative action, busing, and the disintegration of the Civil Rights Movement -- Old wounds, new injuries, 1981-2000: New immigrants; Revolt of white ethnics; Ethnic America at the turn of the millennium.
Summary:
To be American is to debate individual rights ... Until we truly achieve individual equality ... Americans will be debating the meaning of race and ethnicity. [It is the author's hope that this book] will help illuminate that debate.-Pref.
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