Sеpаrаtе аnd Unеquаl: Blаck Amеricаns аnd thе US Fеdеrаl Govеrnmеnt
Publisher: Οxford Univеrsity Prеss, USΑ
Number of Pages: 368
Published: 1995-10-12
List price: $143.00
Segregation in Federal government agencies and programs has been little appreciated as a key trait of American race relations in the decades before the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The Federal government used its power to impose a segregated pattern of race relations among its employees and, through its programs, upon the whole of American society well beyond the Mason-Dixon line. This pattern structured the relationship between black Americans and the United States Federal government--whether as employees in government agencies, inmates or officers in federal prisons, inductees in the armed serv...