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The Civil Rights Act and the battle to end workplace discrimination : a 50 year history / by Gregory, Raymond F., 1927-

Subjects: “…United States. Civil Rights Act of 1964.…”
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Norman Thomas the great dissenter / by Gregory, Raymond F., 1927-

Table of Contents: “…The Thomas and Mattoon families -- Working in the slum areas of New York City -- Pacifism and socialism -- Civil liberties in time of war -- Running for elective office -- Running for President -- The Depression years -- The 1932 presidential election and the New Deal -- Arkansas sharecroppers -- The sharecropper problem and the Roosevelt administration -- The decline of the Socialist Party -- Between elections -- Opposing a United States President and a New Jersey mayor -- Fascism, communism and pacifism -- Opposing United States' entry into World War II -- The internment of Japanese-Americans and other wartime civil rights violations -- Taking stock -- The final run for the presidency -- Opposing nuclear testing, supporting disarmament -- Reevaluating socialism -- Confronting racism, the Vietnam War, and injustice -- The great dissenter -- Declining health -- Summing up.…”
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Encountering religion in the workplace the legal rights and responsibilities of workers and employers / by Gregory, Raymond F., 1927-

Table of Contents: “…-- Religious discrimination and the Civil Rights Act of 1964 -- Religious discrimination at various stages of the employment relationship -- Religious discrimination claims arising out of the termination of employment -- Employee proselytization -- Employer proselytization -- Employer liability for employee acts of religious harassment -- Workplace discrimination and certain religious groups -- Religion in the public-sector workplace -- Proselytizing in the public-sector workplace -- Exemptions from the discrimination laws granted to religious organizations -- The ministerial exception -- Questionable applications of the ministerial exception -- General principles of accommodation -- Accommodation in practice -- Accommodation in out-of-the-ordinary circumstances -- Religious discrimination and retaliation -- Some additional issues -- Religion and the law in the workplace of the future.…”
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