"Expanding the Frontiers of Civil Rights"

Michigan, 1948-1968

Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Law, Legal History, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Politics, Civil Rights, History, Americas, United States
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Author: Sidney Fine ISBN: 9780814343296
Publisher: Wayne State University Press Publication: December 1, 2017
Imprint: Wayne State University Press Language: English
Author: Sidney Fine
ISBN: 9780814343296
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Publication: December 1, 2017
Imprint: Wayne State University Press
Language: English

Although historians have devoted a great deal of attention to the development of federal government policy regarding civil rights in the quarter century following World War II, little attention has been paid to the equally important developments at the state level. Few states underwent a more dramatic transformation with regard to civil rights than Michigan did. In 1948, the Michigan Committee on Civil Rights characterized the state of civil rights in Michigan as presenting "an ugly picture." Twenty years later, Michigan was a leader among the states in civil rights legislation. "Expanding the Frontiers of Civil Rights" documents this important shift in state level policy and makes clear that civil rights in Michigan embraced not only blacks but women, the elderly, native Americans, migrant workers, and the physically handicapped.

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Although historians have devoted a great deal of attention to the development of federal government policy regarding civil rights in the quarter century following World War II, little attention has been paid to the equally important developments at the state level. Few states underwent a more dramatic transformation with regard to civil rights than Michigan did. In 1948, the Michigan Committee on Civil Rights characterized the state of civil rights in Michigan as presenting "an ugly picture." Twenty years later, Michigan was a leader among the states in civil rights legislation. "Expanding the Frontiers of Civil Rights" documents this important shift in state level policy and makes clear that civil rights in Michigan embraced not only blacks but women, the elderly, native Americans, migrant workers, and the physically handicapped.

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