03192cam a2200397 i 4500 129168 20230410123445.0 131113s2014 nyua b 001 0 eng 17940106 2013038545 9780805096729 (hardback) 9780805096736 (electronic book) DLC eng DLC rda DLC Eng pcc n-us--- KF 4744 P985i 2014 342.7308/5 Purdum, Todd S. An idea whose time has come : two presidents, two parties, and the battle for the Civil Rights Act of 1964 / Todd S. Purdum. New York, New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2014 398 p. : ill. ; 25 cm "A top Washington journalist recounts the dramatic political battle to pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the law that created modern America, on the fiftieth anniversary of its passageIt was a turbulent time in America--a time of sit-ins, freedom rides, a March on Washington and a governor standing in the schoolhouse door--when John F. Kennedy sent Congress a bill to bar racial discrimination in employment, education, and public accommodations. Countless civil rights measures had died on Capitol Hill in the past. But this one was different because, as one influential senator put it, it was "an idea whose time has come."In a powerful narrative layered with revealing detail, Todd S. Purdum tells the story of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, recreating the legislative maneuvering and the larger-than-life characters who made its passage possible. From the Kennedy brothers to Lyndon Johnson, from Martin Luther King Jr. to Hubert Humphrey and Everett Dirksen, Purdum shows how these all-too-human figures managed, in just over a year, to create a bill that prompted the longest filibuster in the history of the U.S. Senate yet was ultimately adopted with overwhelming bipartisan support. He evokes the high purpose and low dealings that marked the creation of this monumental law, drawing on extensive archival research and dozens of new interviews that bring to life this signal achievement in American history. Often hailed as the most important law of the past century, the Civil Rights Act stands as a lesson for our own troubled times about what is possible when patience, bipartisanship, and decency rule the day. "-- Provided by publisher. Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-375)and index. United States. Civil Rights Act of 1964. Civil rights United States History 20th century. United States Politics and government 1961-1963. United States Politics and government 1963-1969. Derechos civiles Historia Estados Unidos. Estados Unidos Política y gobierno 1961-1963 Estados Unidos Política y gobierno 1963-1969 SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies. bisacsh Cover image http://www.netread.com/jcusers2/bk1388/729/9780805096729/image/lgcover.9780805096729.jpg lcc bk dvf 61816 61816 0 0 lcc 0 0 CS BJB BJB CS 2023-04-10 1 0 KF 4744 P985i 2014 00000123135 2018-10-24 00:00:00 1 2018-10-24 bk