Legacies of the 1964 Civil Rights Act

Nineteen political scientists, historians, lawyers, statisticians, and sociologists address the origins and evolution of the Civil Rights Act, its consequences in several different policy domains, and the future of Civil Rights in the U.S. An appendix contains two more technical essays on legal standards for statutory violations and statistical issues in measuring discrimination. The editor's central aim is to provide a reference work on the evolution of the Act over the past several decades, an evolution that has seen a shift from bearing on cases of overt racism, to more recent applications, where statistical disparities are uncovered between minority and nonminority employment, promotion, and contract award levels. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Bernard Grofman, Professor of Political Science and Social Psychology at the University of California, Irvine, is the author or editor of numerous books on voting equality.