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Civil Rights: Rhetoric or Reality

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It is now more than three decades since the historic Supreme Court decision on desegregation, Brown v. Board of Education. Thomas Sowell takes a tough, factual look at what has actually happened over these decades -- as distinguished from the hopes with which they began or the rhetoric with which they continue, Who has gained and who has lost? Which of the assumptions behind the civil rights revolution have stood the test of time and which have proven to be mistaken or even catastrophic to those who were supposed to be helped?

Language: English

Pages: 164

Format: Paperback

Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks

Release: December 17, 1985

ISBN: 0688062695

ISBN 13: 9780688062699

Civil Rights: Rhetoric or Reality

4.4/5 ( ratings)

It is now more than three decades since the historic Supreme Court decision on desegregation, Brown v. Board of Education. Thomas Sowell takes a tough, factual look at what has actually happened over these decades -- as distinguished from the hopes with which they began or the rhetoric with which they continue, Who has gained and who has lost? Which of the assumptions behind the civil rights revolution have stood the test of time and which have proven to be mistaken or even catastrophic to those who were supposed to be helped?

Language: English

Pages: 164

Format: Paperback

Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks

Release: December 17, 1985

ISBN: 0688062695

ISBN 13: 9780688062699

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