TY - BOOK AU - Cooper, Phillip J TI - Civil rights in public service SN - 9781138856530 U1 - 342.72(73) PY - 2017/// CY - N.Y. PB - Routledge KW - Civil rights -- United States KW - Civil service--United States KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Human Rights N1 - 1. Miles' Law and the challenge of civil rights in the United States -- 2. From the heritage of African American slavery to modern civil rights protection -- 3. From Plessy to Brown : momentous years in the struggle -- 4. Beyond Brown v. Board of Education : politics, policy, and problems -- 5. The Native American perspective : toward civil rights from conquest, but a long way from that goal -- 6. Continuing challenges for Native Americans : problems persist despite civil rights gains for others -- 7. Natural resources and native spirituality : a different kind of civil rights claim -- 8. Civil rights from a Latino perspective -- 9. Critical contemporary issues in Latino civil rights -- 10. Gender discrimination : the rise of the so-called middle standard -- 11. Civil rights and sexual orientation and identity -- 12. Civil rights and disabilities in America : paternalism, discrimination, or equality? -- 13. Now the work begins : the agenda for policy and practice going forward ER -