Civil rights : rhetoric or reality? /
It is now more than three decades since the historic Supreme Court decision on desegregation, Brown volume Board of Education. Thomas Sowell takes a tough, factual look at what has actually happened over these decades -- as distinguished from the hopes with which they began or the rhetoric with whic...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Quill,
[1984]
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| Edition: | 1st Quill ed. |
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| Online Access: | Table of contents Publisher description |
| Summary: | It is now more than three decades since the historic Supreme Court decision on desegregation, Brown volume Board of Education. Thomas Sowell takes a tough, factual look at what has actually happened over these decades -- as distinguished from the hopes with which they began or the rhetoric with which they continue, Who has gained and who has lost? Which of the assumptions behind the civil rights revolution have stood the test of time and which have proven to be mistaken or even catastrophic to those who were supposed to be helped? -- Publisher's statement |
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| Physical Description: | 164 pages ; 21 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-162) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0688031137 9780688031138 0688062695 9780688062699 |