Book DescriptionMore than 500 A-Z entries--illustrated and cross-referenced--offer current, accurate, and detailed information significantly related to affirmative action, including coverage of concepts, court cases, ethnic and social groups, events, government agencies, individuals, issues, laws, and movements. Two appendices provide the full texts of Gratz v. Bollinger and Grutter v. Bollinger. A timeline traces the development of affirmative action in the United States from 1865 to the present, a bibliography lists important general works, and a "Guide to Related Topics" allows readers to trace broad themes across a range of entries.