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Author Katznelson, Ira.

Title When affirmative action was white : an untold history of racial inequality in twentieth-century America / Ira Katznelson.

Publication Info. New York : W.W. Norton, [2005]
©2005

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Stacks  E185.61 .K354 2005    Available  ---
Edition 1st ed.
Description xv, 238 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Doctor of laws -- Welfare in black and white -- Rules for work -- Divisions in war -- White veterans only -- Johnson's ambitions, Powell's principles : thoughts on renewing affirmative action.
Summary "A work that exposes the twisted origins of affirmative action"--Provided by publisher.
Subject African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century.
African Americans -- Civil rights.
History.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Affirmative action programs -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Affirmative action programs.
United States.
African Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- History -- 20th century.
African Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc.
African Americans -- Economic conditions -- 20th century.
African Americans -- Economic conditions.
Race discrimination -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Race discrimination.
Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973 -- Political and social views.
Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973.
Political and social views.
White people -- Civil rights -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
White people.
Civil rights.
United States -- Race relations.
Race relations.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989.
Politics and government.
Chronological Term 1945-1989
ISBN 0393052133 hardcover
9780393052138 hardcover