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The Potomac chronicle : public policy & civil rights from Kennedy to Reagan by Harold C. Fleming with Virginia Fleming is a book available to read on EtoBox.

For The Kennedy Administration Through The End Of The Reagan Era, The Potomac Institute Gave Vital, Behind-the-scenes Support To Countless Public- And Private-sector Initiatives Related To Equal Opportunity, Urban Social Problems, And Race Relations. Part History And Part Memoir Of The Institute's Leader, Harold C. Fleming, The Potomac Chronicle Tells For The First Time How The Institute Served As A Creative Broker Of Talent, Ideas, And Resources Among Minorities, Activists, And Interest Groups. Owing To Fleming's Dedication, Coolheadedness, And Low-key Approach, No Other Such Organization Was As Well Linked To - And As Trusted By - Both Government Policymakers And Southern Civil Rights Leaders. Introduction / John Egerton -- 1. The Birth Of A Notion -- 2. Through A Political Lens -- 3. The Wild Blue Yonder -- 4. Stormy Weather -- 5. The Smallest Gravy Train In Town -- 6. The Art Of The Infeasible -- 7. That Dear Old Slum -- 8. King And The Cries For Equality -- 9. Marching And Mourning -- 10. The Compliance Underground -- 11. The Way Of The Peacemakers -- 12. Yesterday's Sunshine -- 13. The Snows Of Yesteryear -- 14. Of Prudence And Pusillanimity -- 15. Visions Of Urban America --

Author

Harold C. Fleming with Virginia Fleming

Publisher

Athens: University of Georgia Press

Published

1996

Language

EN

ISBN

9780820318363

Subjects

Political Science, History, Humanities