TY  - BOOK
AU  - Tsesis,Alexander
TI  - We shall overcome: a history of civil rights and the law 
SN  - 9780300118377 (cloth : alk. paper)
AV  - JC599.U5 T74 2008
PY  - 2008///
CY  - New Haven
PB  - Yale University Press
KW  - Civil rights
KW  - United States
KW  - History
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [305]-354) and index; 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
ER  -