1. Introduction: How War and the Black Civil Rights Movement Changed America

2. "This Is War and This Is a War Measure": Racial Equality Becomes National Security

3. National Security and Equal Rights: Limits and Qualifications

4. "We Were Advancing the Really Revolutionary View of Discrimination": Designating Official Minorities for Affirmative Action in Employment

5. "In View of the Existence of the Other Significant Minorities": The Expansion of Affirmative Action for Minority Capitalists

6. "Race Is a Very Relevant Personal Characteristic": Affirmative Admissions, Diversity, and the Supreme Court

7. "Learn, Amigo, Learn!": Bilingual Education and Language Rights in the Schools

8. "I Agree with You about the Inherent Absurdity": Title IX and Women's Equality in Education

9. White Males and the Limits of the Minority Rights Revolution: The Disabled, White Ethnics, and Gays

10. Conclusion: The Rare American Epiphany

Notes

Index