American Racist: The Life and Films of Thomas DixonUniversity Press of Kentucky, 10 сент. 2004 г. - Всего страниц: 242 Between 1965, when President Lyndon B. Johnson defined affirmative action as a legitimate federal goal, and 1972, when President Richard M. Nixon named one of affirmative action's chief antagonists the head of the Department of Labor, government officials at all levels addressed racial economic inequality in earnest. Providing members of historically disadvantaged groups an equal chance at obtaining limited and competitive positions, affirmative action had the potential to alienate large numbers of white Americans, even those who had viewed school desegregation and voting rights in a positive light. Thus, affirmative action was -- and continues to be -- controversial. Novel in its approach and meticulously researched, David Hamilton Golland's Constructing Affirmative Action: The Struggle for Equal Employment Opportunity bridges a sizeable gap in the literature on the history of affirmative action. Golland examines federal efforts to diversify the construction trades from the 1950s through the 1970s, offering valuable insights into the origins of affirmative action--related policy. Constructing Affirmative Action analyzes how community activism pushed the federal government to address issues of racial exclusion and marginalization in the construction industry with programs in key American cities. |
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... Griffith's groundbreaking 1915 feature film The Birth of a Nation . In addition to writing twenty - eight novels that dealt with primarily social , racial , and political issues , the multitalented and complex Dixon was also involved in ...
... Griffith , Larry Karr , Emily Leider , Arthur Lennig , Howard Prouty , and , most of all , James Zebulon Wright , who offered open and frank comments on his distant cousin Tho- mas Dixon Jr. Both Arthur Lennig and James Zebulon Wright ...
... Griffith , Thomas Dixon was a proud son of the South , who learned of its history from his father . Griffith heard of the great Civil War battles from his parent , while Dixon was told by his father and his uncle , Colonel Leroy McAfee ...
... Griffith . Raymond Allen Cook wrote the only published biography of Thomas Dixon , Fire from the Flint . Its subtitle , The Amazing Ca- reers of Thomas Dixon , properly acknowledges that the subject was not only a prolific and ...
... Griffith recognized the power of the motion picture to influence and arouse its audience . Dixon learned a lesson from his friend and mentor . If the motion picture was to Griffith the " universal language , " to Thomas Dixon it was the ...
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The Life Worth Living | 15 |
Southern History on the Printed Page | 27 |
Southern History on Stage | 53 |
Southern History on Film | 73 |
The Fall of a Nation | 91 |
The Foolish Virgin and the New Woman | 93 |
Dixon on Socialism | 105 |
The Red Scare | 118 |
Journeyman Filmmaker | 141 |
Nation Aflame | 153 |
The Final Years | 171 |
Raymond Rohauer and the Dixon Legacy | 181 |
Filmography | 195 |
Notes | 199 |
Bibliography | 213 |
Index | 219 |