Protesting affirmative action the struggle over equality after the civil rights revolution - Deslippe, Dennis; ebrary, Inc. (Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012)
"The best affirmative action program is creating jobs for everyone" : organized labor responds to affirmative action, 1960-74 -- "This strange madness" : the origins of opposition to higher education : affirmative action, 1968-72 -- "The issue is getting hotter" : the struggle over higher education -- Affirmative action policy in the early 1970s -- "Treat him as a decent American!" : DeFunis v. Odegaard (1974) and -- Color-blindness in the courtroom -- "Do whites have rights?" : white Detroit policemen and "reverse discrimination" protests in the mid-late 1970s -- "The fight for true non-discrimination" : politics and anti-affirmative action before Bakke -- Conclusion.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Electronic reproduction.
Keywords: Affirmative action programs -- United States -- History; Equality -- United States -- History; Race discrimination -- United States -- History; Affirmative action programs -- Law and legislation -- United States; United States -- Race relations -- History; Electronic books