1965–1980: The Civil Rights Revolution and the Reconstruction of Racial Hierarchy (250 Years of White Supremacy Through Law)

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1965–1980: The Civil Rights Revolution and the Reconstruction of Racial Hierarchy (250 Years of White Supremacy Through Law)
Introduction: The Civil Rights Revolution Did Not End Racial Hierarchy
II. Civil Rights Enforcement and White Resistance,
III. Native Americans and the Struggle for Survival in the Self-Determination Era
IV. Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders: Civil Rights, Empire, and the Unequal Map of Belonging
V. Puerto Rico and Puerto Rican Communities: Citizenship Without Equal Power
VI. Latino Communities and the Limits of Civil Rights Reform, 1965–1980
VII. Asian Americans: From Exclusion to Conditional Inclusion
VIII. Law and Order and the Early Architecture of Mass Incarceration
IX. The Legal Turn Toward Colorblindness
X. Conclusion: Civil Rights Gains, Racial Hierarchy, and the Doorway to Retrenchment
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Vernellia R. Randall, 1965–1980: The Civil Rights Revolution and the Reconstruction of Racial Hierarchy (250 Years of White Supremacy Through Law), Racism.org (July 7, 2026).

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