Tsesis, Alexander. <br/><br/>
We shall overcome :  a history of civil rights and the law / 
Alexander Tsesis. 
 - New Haven :  Yale University Press,  c2008. 
 - x, 369 p. ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [305]-354) and index. 
<br/><br/>Liberty through revolution -- Constitutional republic of equals? -- The controversy about slavery -- Sectional compromise and national conflict -- Reconstructing the American dream -- Unraveling constitutional reconstruction -- Political restrictions and developments -- Progressive transitions -- Rights in the regulatory state -- The war against tyranny -- Expanding civil rights -- The Warren court's achievements -- Sketches of the continuing legal effort. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780300118377 (cloth : alk. paper) 0300118376 (cloth : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2007035452 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Civil rights--History.--United States
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>JC599.U5  / T74 2008