The Civil Rights Act and the Battle to End Workplace Discrimination
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The Civil Rights Act and the Battle to End Workplace Discrimination

A 50 Year History

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The Civil Rights Act and the Battle to End Workplace Discrimination

A 50 Year History

About this book

On the fiftieth anniversary of the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964, Raymond F. Gregory evaluates our progress towards the full implementation of one of the law's key provisions: Title VII, which prohibits discrimination in the workplace. Gregory looks at key litigation as the law has come to include discrimination based on more than just race, but on gender, age, ethnicity, and sexual orientation.

From the segregationist policies of the past to lingering workplace oppression in the form of sexual harassment, age discrimination, and religious conflicts, the places we work have always been the scenes of some of our greatest civil rights battles. This study of the landmark cases and rulings, and debates surrounding workplace discrimination of all kinds sheds light on the cultural tensions we grapple with in America. Gregory also looks at the broader history of oppression suffered, recognized, and overcome, in the 50 years since this country passed its Civil Rights Act.

In addition to a detailed history of the legal history of civil rights and America's workplace discrimination, this book also outlines positive ways forward for our society as we continue to diversify and redefine what it means to be respectful of our fellow citizens' most inalienable, protected, and sacred rights.

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Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Introduction
  3. Employment Discrimination Prior to 1964
  4. Employment Discrimination Prior to 1964
  5. Enactment of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967
  6. Early Employment Discrimination Cases
  7. Proving Employment Discrimination
  8. Early Race Discrimination Cases
  9. Early Sex Discrimination Cases
  10. Early National Origin Discrimination Cases
  11. Early Religious Discrimination Cases
  12. Early Age Discrimination Cases
  13. Later Trends in the Development of the Employment Discrimination Laws
  14. Congressional Amendments of Title VII and the ADEA
  15. Current Trends in the Law Prohibiting Race Discrimination
  16. Current Trends in the Law Prohibiting Sex Discrimination
  17. Current Trends in the Law Prohibiting Discrimination of Pregnant Women
  18. Current Trends in the Law Prohibiting Discrimination of Women with Children
  19. Sexual Harassment and the Sex Discrimination Prohibitions of Title VII
  20. Employer Liability for Employee Acts of Sexual Harassment
  21. Current Trends in the Law Prohibiting National Origin Discrimination Issues
  22. Current Trends in the Law Prohibiting Religious Discrimination
  23. The Ministerial Exception
  24. Accommodating Employee Religious Beliefs and Practices
  25. Current Trends in the Law Prohibiting Age Discrimination
  26. Proving Employment Discrimination
  27. Later Developments in Proving Discrimination in Title VII Cases
  28. Later Developments in Proving Discrimination in ADEA Cases
  29. More Recent Developments
  30. The Gender Pay Gap and the Lilly Ledbetter Case
  31. Same-Sex Sexual Harassment
  32. Retaliation
  33. Arbitration
  34. The EEOC and the Private Attorney
  35. Political and Judicial Opposition to the Employment Discrimination Laws
  36. The Roles of the EEOC and the Private Attorney
  37. The Future of the Employment Discrimination Laws
  38. What Lays Ahead for the Employment Discrimination Laws
  39. Table of Cases
  40. Notes
  41. Index
  42. About the Author