Gash, Alison L.,

Below the radar : how silence can save civil rights / Alison L. Gash. - 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white). - Studies in postwar American political development . - Studies in postwar American political development. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Scholars and pundits have come to expect backlash to civil rights battles, especially when courts are involved. Drawing from interviews with advocates and opponents, this book introduces readers to two sets of civil rights battles in which advocates devised strategies to remain 'under the radar' and away from the prying eyes of a volatile public. In so doing they diminished both the incidence and influence of backlash.

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Parent and child--United States.
Gay parents--Legal status, laws, etc.--United States.
Custody of children--United States.
Group homes for people with mental disabilities--United States.
People with mental disabilities--Housing--United States.
Civil rights--United States.

KF547 / .G39 2015

323.0973