The Pig Farmer's Daughter and Other Tales of American Justice: Episodes of Racism and Sexism in the Courts from 1865 to the Present - Rilegato

Berry, Mary Frances

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9780679436119: The Pig Farmer's Daughter and Other Tales of American Justice: Episodes of Racism and Sexism in the Courts from 1865 to the Present

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ISBN 10: 0679436111 ISBN 13: 9780679436119

Casa editrice: Alfred a Knopf Inc, 1999

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The head of the U.S. Civil Rights Commission explores two centuries of American case law and reveals how social attitudes toward race, class, gender, and sexuality have influenced the judicial process. 15,000 first printing.

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"Incisive and poignant...[The Pig Farmer's Daughter] tell[s] us how far we must go before becoming a truly colorblind society and why we must never abandon that journey." --St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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L'autore:

Dr. Mary Frances Berry has been chairperson of the U.S. Civil Rights Commission since 1993. As Assistant Secretary for Education in the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare during the Carter administration, she coordinated and supervised federal education program budgets that totaled nearly thirteen billion dollars. She has received twenty-eight honorary doctoral degrees and numerous awards for her public service, including the NAACP's Roy Wilkins Award and the Rosa Parks Award of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. She is the Geraldine R. Segal Professor of American Social Thought at the University of Pennsylvania.

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