The book covers overyears of labor organizing and configurations of Civil Rights laws, and argues that
movement for labor equity were critical to the Civil Rights movement
blacks built on a long tradition of oppression and structures built to fight discrimination in their struggle for Civil Rights, and others followed their lead
the Civil Rightss produced a transformation in culture towards increased diversity and inclusion BUT did not produce such a marked transformation in ACTUAL, material progress: blacks, women, latina/os are still paid less, still hold less prestigious jobs, etc than white men.
The book also reviews the fight over "affirmative action" and researchers claims of how previous liberals i.
e. , some Jews, now "neoconservatives", who had previously aligned with Civil Rights, now fought against Black inclusion in the academy and workforce.
Enlightening read for those inclined to learn more about the economic factors that motivated the Civil Rights Movement.
While Freedom Is Not Enough has a nice working title, I felt like the following would have been equally good possible titles/subtitles:
Freedom Is Not Enough: The Civil Rights Movement and Conservative Guilt
Freedom Is Not Enough: Have you ever tried screaming through a book to possibly dead racists
Freedom Is Not Enough: sitelink gl/vGkUDc
Freedom Is Not Enough: Genuinely Laughing at Candid Conservative Remarks on Civil Rights.
MBeautiful bottom up and top down historical approach that encompasses the trial and tribulations of the civil rights movement and civil rights legislation.
Provides an interesting approach to cooperative organizations and affirmative action programs,
In thes, the exclusion of women and of black and Latino men from higherpaying jobs was so universal as to seem normal to most Americans.
Today, diversity in the workforce is a point of pride, How did such a transformation come about
In this bold and groundbreaking work, Nancy MacLean shows how AfricanAmerican and later MexicanAmerican civil rights activists and feminists concluded that freedom alone would not suffice: access to jobs at all levels is a requisite of full citizenship.
Tracing the struggle to open the American workplace to all, MacLean chronicles the cultural and political advances that have irrevocably changed our nation over the past fifty years.
Freedom Is Not Enough reveals the fundamental role jobs play in the struggle for equality.
We meet the grassroots activistsrankandfile workers, community leaders, trade unionists, advocates, lawyersand their allies in government who fight for fair treatment, as we also witness
the conservative forces that assembled to resist their demands.
Weaving a powerful and memorable narrative, MacLean demonstrates the lifealtering impact of the Civil Rights Act and the movement for economic advancement that it fostered.
The struggle for jobs reached far beyond the workplace to transform American culture, MacLean enables us to understand why so many came to see good jobs for all as the measure of full citizenship in a vital democracy.
Opening up the workplace, she shows, opened minds and hearts to the genuine inclusion of all Americans for the first time in our nation's history.
As the title says, freedom is not enough, People must have the opportunity to earn a living and to provide for their families, Without this, the promise of freedom rings hollow,
I don't think it would be an exaggeration to say that it is nearly impossible for those of us who were not deeply involved in thes amps movements or are not Ph.
D. s in American history to really understand how important Title XII was to minority men and all women.
This book is a first step toward understanding and appreciating how we now stand on the shoulders of the people who fought for our rights.
Nancy MacLean is the award winning author of Behind the Mask of Chivalry a New York Times “noteworthy” book of the year and Freedom is Not Enough, which was called by the Chicago Tribune “contemporary history at its best.
” The William Chafe Professor of History and Public Policy at Duke University, she lives in Durham, North Carolina.
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