Elisabeth Gray Book order

The tide was turning - though local governments disagreed, it would soon be illegal to segregate black Americans from white Americans on public buses, in waiting rooms or in restaurants. And yet - in the early 1960s, many states across the south of America kept discriminating against African-Americans...

Universal health care was on the national political agenda for nearly a hundred years until a comprehensive health care reform bill supported by President Obama passed in 2010. This title assesses the impact of interest groups to determine if they are capable of shaping policy in their own interests or whether they influence policy at the margins.