Equal Protection: Rights and Liberties under the Law

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA, Nov 17, 2003 - Political Science - 416 pages
An introductory survey of the government's role in America's continuing drive for equality.

Today's lingering inequalities, particularly the "American dilemma" of racism, runs throughout U.S. history. Equal Protection provides readers with a historical overview of the controversies over the issue of equality, an understanding of how government-and, particularly, the courts and Congress-has reacted to these controversies, and the role these issues have played in shaping U.S. society.

This volume follows the push for equal treatment regardless of age, gender, disabilities, economic status, or sexual orientation. It focuses on legislation such as the Americans with Disabilities Act, and political initiatives and movements such as The Great Society, the ERA, and the War on Poverty. Here are American's interpretations of equal rights, then and now.
 

Contents

1 Introduction
1
2 Origins and Development
51
3 The Twentieth Century
97
4 Twentyfirst Century Issues
157
5 Key People Cases and Events
163
6 Documents
193
Chronology
335
Table of Cases
341
Annotated Bibliography
345
Index
361
About the Author
383
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Francis Graham Lee is professor of political science at Saint Joseph's University, Philadelphia, PA.

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