Equality deferred : race, ethnicity, and immigration in America since 1945 / James S. Olson.

To be American is to debate individual rights ... Until we truly achieve individual equality ... Americans will be debating the meaning of race and ethnicity. [It is the author's hope that this book] will help illuminate that debate.-Pref.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Wadsworth books on America since 1945.
Main Author: Olson, James Stuart, 1946-
Language:English
Published: Belmont, CA : Thomson / Wadsworth, [2003], ©2003.
Series:Wadsworth books on America since 1945.
Subjects:
United States > Emigration and immigration > History > 20th century.
United States > Race relations.
Ethnicity > United States > History > 20th century.
Immigrants > United States > History > 20th century.
Americanization > History > 20th century.
Physical Description:vii, 160 pages.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Age of innocence, 1945-1965: Ethnic America in 1945; Civil Rights crusade; Welcoming refugees and ending quotas, 1945-1965
  • Rumblings of discontent, 1965-1980: Black and Hispanic militancy; Red power; Affirmative action, busing, and the disintegration of the Civil Rights Movement
  • Old wounds, new injuries, 1981-2000: New immigrants; Revolt of white ethnics; Ethnic America at the turn of the millennium.