An Idea Whose Time Has Come: Two Presidents, Two Parties, and the Battle for the Civil Rights Act of 1964
By Todd S. Purdum.
Description
A top Washington journalist recounts the dramatic political battle to pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the law that created modern AmericaIt was a turbulent time in America―a time of sit-ins, freedom rides, a March on Washington and a governor standing in the schoolhouse door―when John F. Kennedy sent Congress a bill to bar racial discrimination in employment, education, and public accommodations. Countless civil rights measures had died on Capitol Hill in the past. But this one was different because, as one influential senator put it, it was "an idea whose time has come."In a p...
ISBN(s)
1250062462, 9781250062468
