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A groundbreaking work that exposes the twisted origins of affirmative action. In this "penetrating new analysis" ( New York Times Book Review ) Ira Katznelson fundamentally recasts our understanding of twentieth-century American history and demonstrates that all the key programs passed... read more
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First Sentence edit
THE SUN HAD BEGUN its downward slope on the evening of June 4, 1965, as President Lyndon Johnson mounted the podium on the main quadrangle of Howard University, the country's most celebrated black center of higher education.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Ira Katznelson (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Country: USA
Publication Date: August 22, 2005
ISBN: 0393052133
Page Count: 256
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Country: USA
Publication Date: August 22, 2005
ISBN: 0393052133
Page Count: 256
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 973
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