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Constructing affirmative action : the struggle for equal employment opportunity /

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Between 1965, when President Lyndon B. Johnson defined affirmative action as a legitimate federal goal, and 1972, when President Richard M. Nixon named one of affirmative action's chief antagonists the head of the Department of Labor, government officials at all levels addressed racial economic...

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Main Author: Golland, David Hamilton
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, [2011]
Series:Civil rights and the struggle for Black equality in the twentieth century.
Subjects:
Affirmative action programs > United States.
Construction industry > United States.
Minority business enterprises > United States.
Building trades > United States.
Race discrimination > United States.
Minorities > Employment > United States.
Discrimination in employment > United States.
Business.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Between 1965, when President Lyndon B. Johnson defined affirmative action as a legitimate federal goal, and 1972, when President Richard M. Nixon named one of affirmative action's chief antagonists the head of the Department of Labor, government officials at all levels addressed racial economic inequality in earnest.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiv, 248 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780813129983 (electronic bk.)
0813129982 (electronic bk.)