Hnet Bill of the Century Clay Risen Review

1. Habitation
2. Books
3. History/American
4. Dirt Risen

The Pecker of the Century - Clay Risen (Hardcover)

The Epic Battle for the Ceremonious Rights Human action

Price

R 644

RRP

R 675

(-5%)

Get five% Off by using Raru Coupon Code RCC-EASTER5 at Checkout.

Production Details

Barcode

9781608198245

Department

Books

Released

1 Apr 2014

Supply Source

U.k.

Book

Author

Clay Risen

Subtitle

The Epic Battle for the Civil Rights Act

Binding

Hardcover

Publisher

St Martins Pr

Language

English language

Number of Pages

308

Dimensions

248 x 159 10 32mm (567g)

Annotation

• "The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was the single most important slice of legislation passed by Congress in American history. This one law and then dramatically altered American society that, looking back, information technology seems preordained--as Everett Dirksen, the GOP leader in the Senate and a key supporter of the bill, said, "no force is more powerful than an thought whose fourth dimension has come." But at that place was naught predestined about the victory: a phalanx of powerful senators, pledging to "fight to the death" for segregation, launched the longest filibuster in American history to defeat information technology. The neb'southward passage has often been credited to the political leadership of President Lyndon Johnson, or the moral force of Martin Luther King. Even so as Clay Risen shows, the boxing for the Civil Rights Human activity was a story much bigger than those two men. It was a wide, epic struggle, a sweeping tale of unceasing grassroots activism, ringing speeches, backroom bargain-making and finally, hand-to-hand legislative combat. The larger-than-life cast of characters ranges from Senate lions similar Mike Mansfield and Strom Thurmond to NAACP lobbyist Charles Mitchell, called "the 101st senator" for his Capitol Hill ascendancy, and industrialist J. Irwin Miller, who helped mobilize a powerful religious coalition for the bill. The "thought whose time had come" would never accept arrived without force per unit area from the streets and shrewd leadership in Congress--all captured in Risen'southward brilliant narrative. This critical turning betoken in American history has never been thoroughly explored in a full-length account. Now, New York Times editor and acclaimed author Dirt Risen delivers the full story, in all its complexity and drama"--

Summary

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was the single well-nigh important piece of legislation passed by Congress in American history. This i law and then dramatically altered American lodge that, looking back, it seems preordained-as Everett Dirksen, the GOP leader in the Senate and a primal supporter of the bill, said, "no force is more powerful than an idea whose time has come up." Just there was nothing predestined about the victory: a phalanx of powerful senators, pledging to "fight to the death" for segregation, launched the longest filibuster in American history to defeat it.

The bill's passage has often been credited to the political leadership of President Lyndon Johnson, or the moral force of Martin Luther Rex. Yet every bit Dirt Risen shows, the battle for the Civil Rights Human activity was a story much bigger than those two men. It was a wide, ballsy struggle, a sweeping tale of unceasing grassroots activism, ringing speeches, backroom bargain-making and finally, hand-to-hand legislative combat. The larger-than-life cast of characters ranges from Senate lions like Mike Mansfield and Strom Thurmond to NAACP lobbyist Charles Mitchell, called "the 101st senator" for his Capitol Hill ascendancy, and industrialist J. Irwin Miller, who helped mobilize a powerful religious coalition for the pecker. The "idea whose time had come" would never take arrived without pressure from the streets and shrewd leadership in Congress--all captured in Risen'south vivid narrative.

This critical turning point in American history has never been thoroughly explored in a full-length account. Now, New York Times editor and acclaimed author Dirt Risen delivers the full story, in all its complexity and drama.

Non-Fiction

Full general Subject

History/American

BISAC Subject 1

History / U.s.a. / 20th Century

BISAC Subject ii

Political Science / Political Freedom & Security / Ceremonious Rights

BIC Nomenclature 1

Legal history

BIC Classification 2

Human rights & civil liberties police

BIC Classification iii

Human being rights

BIC Nomenclature 4

History of the Americas

Library Subject one

Ceremonious rights; United States; History.

Library Subject field ii

HISTORY / Usa / General.; bisacsh

Library Subject 3

HISTORY / U.s.a. / 20th Century.; bisacsh

Bookish Subject 1

U.S. - Political And Civil Rights Of Blacks

Academic Subject ii

U.Southward. History - 1960S

Dewey Classification

342.7308/five

Author Bio

Clay Risen is a staff editor of the New York Times op-ed and Sun Review section and founded the noted quarterly Democracy: A Journal of Ideas, of which he served equally managing editor. His recent writing has appeared in such journals as the Atlantic, Smithsonian, and the Washington Post. His first book, A Nation on Fire: America in the Wake of the King Assassination (Wiley, 2009), received much disquisitional acclamation. He lives in New York.

contrerasagrapper.blogspot.com

Source: https://raru.co.za/books/951464-the-bill-of-the-century-clay-risen-hardcover

Share this post