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University of Michigan Law School

African Americans

Journal

Constitutional Law

1952

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The Unhappy History Of Civil Rights Legislation, Eugene Gressman Jun 1952

The Unhappy History Of Civil Rights Legislation, Eugene Gressman

Michigan Law Review

The enforcement by federal legislation of the constitutional right of individuals is a story written largely in terms of confusion, distortion and frustration. Seldom, if ever, have the power and the purposes of legislation been rendered so impotent. Indeed, this story constitutes one of the saddest chapters in the historic struggle to effectuate the American ideal of freedom and equality for all.