Civil Rights and Public Accommodations: The Heart of Atlanta Motel and McClung Cases

by Richard C. Cortner

The struggle for civil rights in America was fought at the lunch counter as well as in the streets. It ultimately found victory in the halls of government--but, as Richard Cortner reveals, only through a creative use of congressional power and critical judicial decisions.

Title II of the 1964 Civil Rights Act prohibited discrimination in public accommodations, and shortly after its passage blacks were refused service at the Heart of Atlanta...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700610774
• ISBN13: 9780700610778
• Release Date: May 2001
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 7.2" x 9.3"