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The Bill of the Century

The Epic Battle for the Civil Rights Act

Clay Risen

The Bill of the Century

The Bill of the Century

The Epic Battle for the Civil Rights Act

The Bill of the Century

 

"The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was the single most important piece of legislation passed by Congress in American history. This one law so dramatically altered American society that, looking back, it seems preordained--as Everett Dirksen, the GOP leader inthe Senate and a key supporter of the bill, said, "no force is more powerful than an idea whose time has come."

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ISBN
9781608198269
Pagina's
320
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NUR
680
Druk
1
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Paperback / softback
Taal
Engels
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Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

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