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Coverage: 20th century Coverage: 20th century Language: eng Subject: Civil rights--Michigan--History--20th century Subject: LAW / Legal History Subject: POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights Date: 2000 Date: 2017 Date: 2017 Content Type: WSUebook Collection: Wayne Open Book Collection Collection: Wayne State University eBooks Collection: Wayne State University eBooks-
Expanding the frontiers of civil rights: Michigan, 1948-1968
Although historians have devoted a great deal of attention to the development of federal government policy regarding civil rights in the quarter century following World War II, little attention has been paid to the equally important developments at the state level. Few states underwent a more dramatic transformation with regard to civil rights than Michigan did. In 1948, the Michigan Committee on Civil Rights characterized the state of civil rights in Michigan as presenting "an ugly picture." Tw…