Idea Whose Time Has Come

by Todd S. Purdum

Book Overview

A top Washington journalist recounts the dramatic political battle to pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the law that created modern America

It 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1250062462
• ISBN13: 9781250062468
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.4" x 8.1"