Civil Rights in Public Service

• Other Authors: Cooper, Phillip J. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis 2016
• Subjects: Politics & government; Human rights; Public administration; amendment; clause; due; equal; fourteenth; law; process; protection; states; united
• Online Access: OAPEN Library: description of the publication

Promises of justice and equality made in the U.S. Constitution, numerous Amendments, and decisions of the Supreme Court are hallmarks of American civil rights. Yet the realities of inequality remain facts of modern life for too many Native Americans, African Americans, and Latino Americans, even tho...