Idea Whose Time Has Come -- Todd S. Purdum

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When I was a small boy, almost every summer my family and I would visit my grandparents in North Carolina. The first two nights on the road we slept in the our station wagon. On the third night we would reach Knoxville, TN and be able to spend the night in a Howard Johnsons. Why sleep in the car?...

from GaryLeeJones

Todd Purdum's _An Idea Whose Time Has Come_ is a thorough, thoughtful, perceptive, and clear account of the political maneuvering surrounding the passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. It begins in February, 1963, when President Kennedy began his efforts to complete the work begun by Lincoln's Ema...

from TLCrawford

This year, 2014, marks the 50th anniversary of the passing of the 1964 Civil Rights Bill. Todd Purdum's book "An Idea Whose Time has Come: Two Presidents, Two Parties, and the Battle for the Civil Rights Act of 1964" examines the efforts made by the White House and congress to pass, and to stop, ...

from mattries37315

The story behind the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is a fascinating read of both history and politics. Todd S. Purdum writes a comprehensive account of the forces, both social and political, leading up to the writing of the bill and legislative battle to enact it. Within the account are...

from kdh027

I really enjoyed reading this book. It gives great details about the circumstances and the personalities that surrounded the forming and passing of what would become the Civil Rights Act. Purdum goes beyond the typical narrative and gives readers the nitty-gritty. With many books about legislatio...