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Civil rights in wartime the post-9/11 Sikh experience / by Sidhu, Dawinder S.

Subjects: “…Sikhs Civil rights United States.…”
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Champion of civil rights Judge John Minor Wisdom / by Friedman, Joel Wm. (Joel William), 1951-

Table of Contents: “…A privileged son of the South -- From birth to Bonnie to the branch, 1905-1946 -- At the bar, 1948-1953 -- Battling the bosses : creating a two-party system in Louisiana -- The 1952 convention : victories for Eisenhower and a two-party system in Louisiana -- Assuming the bench : nomination and confirmation -- The Fifth Circuit's emerging intellectual leader, 1957-1966 -- Showdown in Mississippi : standing up for James Meredith and to Ross Barnett -- The first step in desegregating the South : enforcing Brown's mandate in Louisiana -- Implementing Brown throughout the nation -- Internal discord threatens the court -- Honoring the promise of the Fifteenth Amendment : the voting rights cases -- A vigilant steward of fairness -- The civil rights struggles of the 1970s and 1980s : equal opportunity in employment -- The unsuccessful campaign to save the Fifth Circuit -- Honoring the legacy.…”
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Borderline justice the fight for refugee and migrant rights / by Webber, Frances

Subjects: “…Civil rights.…”
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"Expanding the Frontiers of Civil Rights" : Michigan, 1948-1968 / by Fine, Sidney, 1920-2009

Table of Contents: “…"An ugly picture" : civil rights in Michigan, 1948 -- "A jewel in the crown of all of us" : Michigan enacts a Fair Employment Practices Act, 1949-1955 -- "A small beginning" : Fair Employment Practices, 1955-1963 -- "Wrestling with ... the cause of civil rights, 1949-1962 -- "The most pressing problem" in civil rights : housing discrimination, 1949-1962 -- The disadvantaged, 1949-1962 : the aged, women, Native Americans, and the physically handicapped -- "The excluded" : migrant farm labor, 1949-1962 -- "The Democrats must stand up and be counted" -- Civil rights and the Michigan Constitution of 1963 -- The year of transition : 1963 -- The Civil Rights Commission and employment discrimination -- The Civil Rights Commission and discrimination in education, public accommodations, and housing -- Women, Native Americans, and the physically handicapped, 1964-1968 -- "Disturbing conditions and unmet needs" : the migrant labor problem, 1964-1968 -- The Civil Rights Commission, law enforcement, and the Detroit riot of 1967 -- Since 1968.…”
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Making civil rights law Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court, 1936-1961 / by Tushnet, Mark V., 1945-

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Race, labor & civil rights Griggs versus Duke Power and the struggle for equal employment opportunity / by Smith, Robert Samuel, 1969-

Table of Contents: “…Race, labor, and civil rights -- The only thing you had was the labor : a sharecropper's journey through rural North Carolina -- So we just started pushing : civil rights in North Carolina -- Phase two; namely, economic freedom : the Title 7 campaign -- Subtleties of conduct-- play no small part : Griggs at the District Court -- Faithful to congressional intent : Griggs on appeal -- This thing isn't all that real.…”
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From good will to civil rights transforming federal disability policy / by Scotch, Richard K., 1951-

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The World Bank legal review. by Cissé, Hassane

Subjects: “…Civil rights.…”
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Radicals in their own time four hundred years of struggle for liberty and equal justice in America / by Lawrence, Michael Anthony, 1959-

Subjects: “…Civil rights United States History.…”
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Charles H. Houston an interdisciplinary study of civil rights leadership / by Houston, Charles Hamilton, 1895-1950

Table of Contents: “…Constructive Engagement -- Chapter 5: The Historical Legacy of the Nadir and Houstonian Jurisprudence in the -- Origins of the Modern Civil Rights Movement -- Katherine Bankole Medina -- Chapter 6: Charles Hamilton Houston and Post-New Negro Movement Authority: -- The Socio-Literary History of a Legal Warrior -- Christel N. …”
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Constitutional sentiments by Sajó, András

Subjects: “…Civil rights.…”
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Liberty a history of civil liberties in Australia / by Waghorne, James

Subjects: “…Civil rights Australia History.…”
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Socio-economic constitutional rights in democratisation processes anaAccount of the constitutional dialogue theory / by Jaron, Anna

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Protection of human life in its early stage : intellectual foundations and legal means /

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Forcible displacement throughout the ages towards an international convention for the prevention and punishment of the crime of forcible displacement / by Dawson, Grant (Grant Mathew)

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Legal pragmatism community, rights, and democracy / by Sullivan, Michael, 1966-

Subjects: “…Civil rights United States.…”
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The philosophy of civil rights in the context of China by Xia, Yong

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From Jim Crow to civil rights the Supreme Court and the struggle for racial equality / by Klarman, Michael J.

Table of Contents: “…The Plessy era -- The progressive era -- The interwar period -- World War II era : context and cases -- World War II era : consequences -- School desegregation -- Brown and the civil rights movement.…”
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Protection of the right to seek and obtain asylum under the African human rights system by Beyani, Chaloka

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Democracy and human rights in Africa the politics of collective participation and governance in Cameroon / by Fossungu, Peter Ateh-Afac

Subjects: “…Civil rights Cameroon.…”
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