Civil rights in America : 1500 to the present

Summary: This book offers broad coverage of ethnic, minority, and religious groups and the laws, people, events, court cases, and documents involved in their experience.

Record details

ISBN: 078760612X
ISBN: 9780787606121
Physical Description: print
liv, 710 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm
Publisher: Detroit : Gale, ©1998.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 671-685) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

ch. 1. Origins and the limits of American rights -- ch. 2. Human rights in Twentieth-Century United States -- ch. 3. Rights of African Americans -- ch. 4. Asian Americans -- ch. 5. Hispanic Americans -- ch. 6. Native American civil rights -- ch. 7. Immigrant experiences: Irish, Italians, Germans, Poles, Jews, Japanese, and Arabs -- ch. 8. Nonethnic rights -- ch. 9. Politics of civil rights: ending racial segregation in America -- ch. 10. Civil rights and government -- ch. 11. Right to vote -- ch. 12. Education rights -- ch. 13. Employment rights -- ch. 14. Housing rights -- ch. 15. Criminal justice system -- ch. 16. Future of civil rights -- ch. 17. Historical documents -- ch. 18. Major civil rights case decisions.