This book traces the early history of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States, showing how brutal police treatment of civil rights demonstrators in Birmingham, Alabama, forced President Kennedy to send a strong civil rights bill to Congress in June of 1963. The various legislative strategies used to get the Civil Rights Act of 1964 through Congress are detailed.
- ISBN10 0819176885
- ISBN13 9780819176882
- Publish Date 16 February 1990 (first published 30 January 1990)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 7 June 2010
- Publish Country US
- Imprint University Press of America
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 382
- Language English