{"product_id":"idea-whose-time-has-come-paperback","title":"Idea Whose Time Has Come - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTodd S. Purdum\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA top Washington journalist recounts the dramatic political battle to pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the law that created modern America\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt was a turbulent time in America--a time of sit-ins, freedom rides, a March on Washington and a governor standing in the schoolhouse door--when John F. Kennedy sent Congress a bill to bar racial discrimination in employment, education, and public accommodations. Countless civil rights measures had died on Capitol Hill in the past. But this one was different because, as one influential senator put it, it was an idea whose time has come. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn a powerful narrative layered with revealing detail, Todd S. Purdum tells the story of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, recreating the legislative maneuvering and the larger-than-life characters who made its passage possible. From the Kennedy brothers to Lyndon Johnson, from Martin Luther King Jr. to Hubert Humphrey and Everett Dirksen, Purdum shows how these all-too-human figures managed, in just over a year, to create a bill that prompted the longest filibuster in the history of the U.S. Senate yet was ultimately adopted with overwhelming bipartisan support. He evokes the high purpose and low dealings that marked the creation of this monumental law, drawing on extensive archival research and dozens of new interviews that bring to life this signal achievement in American history. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOften hailed as the most important law of the past century, the Civil Rights Act stands as a lesson for our own troubled times about what is possible when patience, bipartisanship, and decency rule the day.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTodd S. Purdum\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eAn Idea Whose Time Has Come\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Time of Our Choosing\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSomething wonderful\u003c\/i\u003e. He is a contributing editor at \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e and a senior writer at \u003ci\u003ePolitico\u003c\/i\u003e, having previously worked at \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e for more than twenty years, where he served as White House correspondent, diplomatic correspondent, and Los Angeles bureau chief. A graduate of Princeton University, he lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Dee Dee Myers, and their two children, Kate and Stephen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 432\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.1 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 31, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42720272384063,"sku":"9781250062468","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/7c4c6ef5f669a2c684426bf6fd3f7d57.webp?v=1765088605","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/idea-whose-time-has-come-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}