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Labor rights are civil rights : Mexican American workers in twentieth-century America / by Vargas, Zaragosa

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The civil rights movement : an eyewitness history / by Wexler, Sanford

Subjects: “…African Americans Civil rights Juvenile literature.…”

Civil rights unionism tobacco workers and the struggle for democracy in the mid-twentieth-century South / by Korstad, Robert Rodgers

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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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Nixon's civil rights politics, principle, and policy / by Kotlowski, Dean J.

Subjects: “…Civil rights United States History 20th century.…”
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Cinema civil rights : regulation, repression, and race in the classical hollywood era / by Scott, Ellen C.

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Nursing civil rights : gender and race in the Army Nurse Corps / by Threat, Charissa J., 1976-

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Civil rights childhood : picturing liberation in African American photobooks / by Capshaw, Katharine

Table of Contents: “…Friendship, Sympathy, Social Change -- Pictures and Nonfiction : Conduct and Coffee Tables -- Today : Framing Freedom in Mississippi -- The Black Arts Movement : Childhood as Liberatory Process -- Blurring the Childhood Image : Representations of the Civil Rights Narrative -- Conclusion: A Text for Trayvon.…”
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Rethinking rights historical, political, and philosophical perspectives /

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Right to ride streetcar boycotts and African American citizenship in the era of Plessy v. Ferguson / by Kelley, Blair Murphy, 1973-

Subjects: “…African Americans Civil rights History.…”
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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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Civil rights and the idea of freedom by King, Richard

Subjects: “…African Americans Civil rights.…”
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The civil rights movement in Mississippi /

Subjects: “…Civil rights movements Mississippi History 20th century.…”
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Voices of civil rights lawyers : reflections from the deep South, 1964-1980 /

Subjects: “…African Americans Civil rights Southern States History 20th century.…”
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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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Civil liberties and the state a documentary and reference guide / by Latimer, Christopher P.

Subjects: “…Civil rights United States History Sources.…”
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Episcopalians and race : Civil War to civil rights / by Shattuck, Gardiner H.

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The rights revolution rights and community in modern America / by Walker, Samuel, 1942-

Subjects: “…Civil rights movements United States History 20th century.…”
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Seeking inalienable rights Texans and their quests for justice /

Table of Contents: “…Chrisman -- Elusive unity: African Americans, Mexican Americans, and civil rights in Houston / Brian D. Behnken -- Chicanismo and the flexible Fourteenth Amendment: 1960s agitation and litigation by Mexican American youth in Texas / Steven Harmon Wilson.…”
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China's geo-strategy and international behaviour / by Handa, Akshaya

Subjects: “…Civil rights China.…”
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