The history of America's successes and failures in the battles for civil rights, from the Revolutionary period to today.
Despite America's commitment to civil rights from the earliest days of nationhood, examples of injustices agains
"We Shall Overcome is a comprehensive history of Civil Rights and the Law in the United States from the revolutionary era to the present. . . . a fine syntheses of the evolution of legal developments concerning Native Americans, sex equity, including discrimination based on sexual orientation, and discrimination based on national origin and language."--Mary Frances Berry, American Studies--Mary Frances Berry "American Studies"