Chapter Sixteen: Equality and Civil Rights

Two Conceptions Of Equality
The Civil War Amendments

Congress and the Supreme Court: Lawmaking Versus Law Interpreting
The Roots of Racial Segregation

The Dismantling Of School Segregation

Pressure for Equality
And Pressure for Desegregation

The Civil Rights Movement

Civil Disobedience
The Civil Rights Act of 1964
The Continuing Struggle Over Civil Rights
Racial Violence and Black Nationalism

Civil Rights For Other Minorities

Native Americans
Hispanic Americans
Disabled Americans
Homosexual Americans

Gender and Equal Rights: The Women's Movement

Protectionism
Political Equality for Women
Prohibiting Sex-Based Discrimination
Stereotypes Under Scrutiny
The Equal Rights Amendment

Affirmative Action: Equal Opportunity Or Equal Outcome?

Reverse Discrimination
The Politics of Affirmative Action