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Article: THE ROAD AHEAD FOR CIVIL RIGHTS.(Brief Article)
- Article from:
- Civil Rights Journal
- Article date:
- September 22, 1997
- Author:
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A Symposium
1982 issue of Perspectives, as this journal was known at the time, celebrated the 25th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1957 and the creation of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. The issue focused on the history and consequences of the civil rights movement, and included two articles, musings on the meaning of civil rights by nine writers, a selection of famous and infamous editorial cartoons of the movement era, and several departments, one identifying seminal books about civil rights. That issue of the journal published by this independent, bipartisan Federal agency was well received.
In planning this special issue of the newly ...