The pursuit of fairness / Anderson, Terry H.

Offers a history of affirmative action in the United States, discussing how it has impacted American culture, education, and labor, why people's views of affirmative action differ, how American companies respond to affirmative action, and other related topics.

Provides an incisive and balanced account of the history of affirmative action, beginning with its roots in African-American demands for employment in the defense industry to the demise and revision of affirmative action during the Clinton years.