Enforcing Civil Rights: Race Discrimination and the Department of Justice

by Brian K. Landsberg

Book Overview

The 1964 Civil Rights Act confirmed the central role of the Department of Justice in the national battle against racial discrimination. Congress had established the department's Civil Rights Division in 1957 with a staff of a dozen to combat racial discrimination in voting; its current staff of 500 now prosecutes many forms of discrimination in employment, housing, education, and other areas. In Enforcing Civil Rights , a former member of the CRD...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700608265
• ISBN13: 9780700608263
• Release Date: April 1997
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.3"