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Article: Civil Rights and Public Accommodations: the Heart of Atlanta Motel and McClung Cases.
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- Perspectives on Political Science
- Article date:
- January 1, 2002
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Cortner, Richard C. Civil Rights and Public Accommodations: The Heart of Atlanta Motel and McClung Cases Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas 240 pp., $29.95, ISBN 0-7006-1077-4 Publication Date: May 2001
Most citizens now take for granted the principle that people should be able to walk into a restaurant or hotel and be served, regardless of their race or nationality. Civil Rights and Public Accommodations reminds us of the difficult political and legal struggle to guarantee those rights. The book chronicles the litigation surrounding Title II of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination based on race, color, national origin, or religion in ...