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Library February Book Recommendation
Special to The Truth
The 1964 Civil Rights Act, in conjunction with the Voting
Rights Act of the following year, totally transformed the
shape of American race relations. What better book
recommendation during Black History Month 2014, than a work
edited by Bernard Grofman, which explores the legacies of
that monumental act.
For February 2014, Toledo-Lucas County Public Library
officials recommend the book Legacies of the 1964
Civil Rights Act (published in 2000, University of
Virginia Press).
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Legacies of the 1964 Civil Rights Act
brings together a distinguished group of political
scientists, historians, lawyers, statisticians and
sociologists who have written extensively on civil rights
issues. The editor, Grofman, has asked the contributors to
stand back from the immediate controversies about civil
rights reflected in today's news and to provide historical
and comparative perspective about this important
legislation.
Organized into four sections, the book covers the origins of
the act and its historical evolution, its consequences in
several different policy domains, and the future of civil
rights in the United States. An appendix contains two
somewhat more technical essays on legal standards for
statutory violations and statistical issues in measuring
discrimination.
A much anticipated local panel to discuss Civil Rights has
been organized by a Black History Month Committee at the
Toledo-Lucas County Public Library. During the system’s
Raising Awareness Black History day-long event, from
2-4 p.m. on Saturday, February 22,
the following local leaders will discuss various Civil
Rights topics: Rev. Robert A. Culp, senior pastor of First
Church of God; Toledo School Board President Cecelia Adams,
Ph.D., and Toledo City Council President Paula Hicks-Hudson.
The panel discussion will be moderated by Kristian Brown, a
13abc anchor. This event is FREE and open to the public.
Info: 419.259.5200.
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