The Fifth Freedom : Jobs, Politics, and Civil Rights in the United States, 1941-1972
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The Fifth Freedom : Jobs, Politics, and Civil Rights in the United States, 1941-1972
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- The Fifth Freedom : Jobs, Politics, and Civil Rights in the United States, 1941-1972
- Title remainder
- Jobs, Politics, and Civil Rights in the United States, 1941-1972
- Subject
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- Affirmative action programs
- Affirmative action programs -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- African Americans -- Employment
- African Americans -- Employment | History -- 20th century
- Discrimination in employment -- Government policy
- Discrimination in employment -- Government policy -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- History
- LAW -- Labor & Employment
- United States
- 1900-1999
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Where did affirmative action in employment come from? The conventional wisdom is that it was instituted during the Johnson and Nixon years through the backroom machinations of federal bureaucrats and judges. The Fifth Freedom presents a new perspective, tracing the roots of the policy to partisan conflicts over fair employment practices (FEP) legislation from the 1940s to the 1970s. Drawing on untapped sources, Anthony Chen chronicles the ironic, forgotten role played by American conservatives in the development of affirmative action. Decades before affirmative action began making headlines, m
- Cataloging source
- MERUC
- Dewey number
- 344.7301133
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- HF5549.5.A34
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- dictionaries
- Series statement
- Princeton Studies in American Politics
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