Yang Chao, The Impossible American Dream of Equality: "Affi rmative Action" and the African American Employment, 1965-2000

Affi rmative action has not been absent from studies of race in the United States, but most of which have centered on its impact on education or legal cases. In The Impossible American Dream of Equality, Yang adds an important interdisciplinary dimension to this history, offering a comprehensive account of the policies and practices from 1965 to 2000, examining how connections between federal governments, combined with the struggle of black people for economic power, contributed to the development of affi rmative action.