Race
in America
The Struggle for Equality
Edited by Herbert Hill and James E. Jones Jr.
Race in America is a multidisciplinary analysis of
race and injustice by some of the nation's foremost scholar-activists
who helped shape the course of the struggle for civil rights
during the recent past. These essays provide a historical retrospective,
an assessment of where we are now, and an outline of possibilities
for the future.
Winner of a Book Award of the Gustavus Myers Center for the
Study of Intolerance & Human Rights
The major controversial issues in race relations, in the past
and in the present, such as affirmative action, educational segregation,
racial practices of labor unions, legal strategies for protest
movements, the persistence of racism in American institutions,
and the sources of resistance to change are discussed at length
by major authorities in their respective fields.
Many of the most important events in recent American history
come alive in these pages as the strategies and programs, the
victories and defeats of the civil rights movement are rigorously
examined. A unique aspect of the book is that the human experience
of active participants in this rich history is evoked through
personal and often poignant accounts, such as those of Kenneth
B. Clark, who in a memorable autobiographical essay describes
a long life devoted to the pursuit of racial justice, and Patricia
J. Williams, who relates the contemporary struggles of African
American women to the historical context of slavery and its aftermath.
As no other book can, this collection provides the basis for
the critical insights and historical perspectives that are essential
for an understanding of the central issue still confronting American
society: race and racism.
Herbert Hill is professor of Afro-American studies and
industrial relations at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Formerly national labor director of the NAACP, he is the author
of Black Labor and the American Legal System, also published
by the University of Wisconsin Press, as well as other books.
He has presented testimony before Congressional committees and
frequently appears as expert witness in federal court litigation
involving employment discrimination.
James E. Jones Jr. is the Nathan P. Feinsinger Professor of Labor
Law and former director of the Industrial Relations Research
Institute at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He was
associate solicitor of labor, Division of Labor Relations and
Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Labor. He is the coauthor of Discrimination in Employment and has contributed many articles
on labor law, industrial relations, and civil rights to law journals
and other publications.
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April 1992
LC: 92-050250
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416 pp. 6 x 9
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