A matter of justice : Eisenhower and the beginning of the Civil Rights revolution /

A matter of justice : Eisenhower and the beginning of the Civil Rights revolution / David A. Nichols.

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Publisher's description: Fifty years after President Dwight D. Eisenhower ordered troops to Little Rock, Arkansas, to enforce a federal court order desegregating the city's Central High School, a leading authority on Eisenhower presents an original and engrossing narrative that places Ike...

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Main Author: Nichols, David A. (David Allen), 1939-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2007.
Edition:First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Subjects:
Eisenhower, Dwight D. > (Dwight David), > 1890-1969 > Political and social views.
Eisenhower, Dwight D. > (Dwight David), > 1890-1969.
African Americans.
African Americans > Legal status, laws, etc. > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Civil rights > History > 20th century.
Civil rights movements > United States > History > 20th century.
Civil rights > United States > History > 20th century.
School integration > United States > History > 20th century.
Presidents > United States > Biography.
United States > Race relations > History > 20th century.
United States > Politics and government > 1953-1961.
Table of Contents:
  • The candidate
  • Invoking federal authority
  • The president and Brown
  • A judiciary to enforce Brown
  • The president and the chief justice
  • Confronting southern resistance
  • The Civil Rights Act of 1957
  • The Little Rock crisis
  • Military intervention in Little Rock
  • Rising expectations
  • The final act
  • Leading from Gettysburg
  • Conclusion : a matter of justice.

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