Civil Rights : Rhetoric or Reality
Civil Rights : Rhetoric or Reality
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Book Description
It is now more than three decades since the historic Supreme Court decision on desegregation, Brown v. Board of Education. Thomas Sowell takes a tough, factual look at what has actually happened over these decades -- as distinguished from the hopes with which they began or the rhetoric with which they continue, Who has gained and who has lost? Which of the assumptions behind the civil rights revolution have stood the test of time and which have proven to be mistaken or even catastrophic to those who were supposed to be helped?
About the Author
Thomas Sowell is a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. He has been a professor of economics at leading American colleges and universities, and has lectured in Singapore, Israel, Switzerland, and Germany, as well as across the United States.
Civil Rights: Rhetoric or Reality,Thomas Sowell,Harper Perennial,0688062695,Affirmative action programs,Civil rights,Ethnic groups,Political Freedom & Security - Civil Rights,Political Science,Politics - Current Events,Politics / Current Events,Politics/International Relations,Race relations,Sociology,United States,Political Science / General
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