When affirmative action was white : an untold history of racial inequality in twentieth-century America

by Ira Katznelson

Paper Book, 2005

Status

Available

Call number

Civil Rights / Katznelson

Genres

Collection

Civil Rights

Publication

New York : W.W. Norton, c2005.

Description

"A work that exposes the twisted origins of affirmative action"--Provided by publisher.

Call number

Civil Rights / Katznelson

Tags

civil rights, Lyndon B. Johnson, Affirmative action programs, African Americans--Economic conditions, race discrimination

Language

English

Subjects

ISBN

9780393052138

Awards

San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of the Year (Nonfiction — 2005)

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