000338901 000__ 03341cam\a22003614a\4500 000338901 001__ 338901 000338901 005__ 20210513123256.0 000338901 008__ 080724s2009\\\\nyua\\\\\b\\\\001\0\eng\\ 000338901 010__ $$a 2008032655 000338901 020__ $$a9780307263209 000338901 020__ $$a0307263207 000338901 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocn232980273 000338901 040__ $$aDLC$$cDLC$$dBTCTA$$dYDXCP$$dC#P$$dBWX$$dCDX$$dNSB$$dIK2$$dVP@$$dUPP$$dCQU$$dKEC$$dMOF 000338901 043__ $$an-us--- 000338901 049__ $$aISEA 000338901 05000 $$aJC599.U5$$bB45 2009 000338901 08200 $$a323.0973$$222 000338901 1001_ $$aBerry, Mary Frances. 000338901 24510 $$aAnd justice for all :$$bthe United States Commission on Civil Rights and the continuing struggle for freedom in America /$$cMary Frances Berry. 000338901 250__ $$a1st ed. 000338901 260__ $$aNew York :$$bAlfred A. Knopf,$$cc2009. 000338901 300__ $$axiv, 425 p. :$$bill. ;$$c25 cm. 000338901 500__ $$a"This is a Borzoi book"--T.p. verso. 000338901 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 000338901 5050_ $$aList of illustrations -- Prologue -- Responding to the negro protest -- Among friends -- So glad you finally made it -- The dinosaur finally opens one eye -- Killing the messenger -- Fulfilling the spirit of the law -- A pocket of renegades -- Speak first investigate never -- Mickey Mouse agency -- Here you come again -- "You can forget civil rights in this country". 000338901 520__ $$aThis book is the first history in forty years of the U.S. Civil Rights Commission. The author, who has been member of the commission for more than twenty years and chairperson for more than a decade, describes its founding in 1957 by President Eisenhower in response to the burgeoning civil rights protest. She makes clear that, from the outset, the commission was designed to be an independent bipartisan federal agency, beholden to no government body, with full subpoena power, free to decide what to investigate and report on. We see how reluctant witnesses overcame fear of reprisal, courageously coming forward with their testimony; how various hearings and reports were instrumental in the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965; how Congress added the overseeing of discriminating practices with regard to sex, age, and disability to the commission's jurisdiction, which helped in the passage of the Age Discrimination Act of 1978 and the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990. We see how each president dealt with the commission; how Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush fired commissioners over policy disagreements; and how, under pressure from Bush, commissioners began to downplay the need to remedy discrimination. Finally, the author makes an impassioned and convincing argument for a reconfigured commission, fully independent, and with an expanded mandate that would allow it to oversee the preservation of all human rights. 000338901 61020 $$aUnited States Commission on Civil Rights. 000338901 650_0 $$aCivil rights$$zUnited States$$xHistory$$y20th century. 000338901 650_0 $$aAfrican Americans$$xCivil rights. 000338901 85200 $$bgen$$hJC599.U5$$iB45$$i2009 000338901 85641 $$3Table of contents only$$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0824/2008032655.html 000338901 85642 $$3Contributor biographical information$$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0838/2008032655-b.html 000338901 85642 $$3Publisher description$$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0838/2008032655-d.html 000338901 85641 $$3Sample text$$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0904/2008032655-s.html 000338901 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:338901$$pGLOBAL_SET 000338901 980__ $$aBIB 000338901 980__ $$aBOOK