Presidential leadership and civil rights policy /edited by James W. Riddlesperger, Jr. and Donald W. Jackson.

"Prepared under the auspices of the Policy Studies Organization."

Includes bibliographical references (pages [171]-184) and index.

Introductory Comments / James W. Riddlesperger, Jr. and Donald W. Jackson -- 1. Presidents, Public Opinion, and Civil Rights: An Agenda-Setting Perspective / Jeffrey E. Cohen -- 2. Presidential Rhetoric in Civil Rights Policymaking, 1953-1992 / Steven A. Shull and Albert C. Ringelstein -- 3. Moving with the Grain of History: An Examination of Presidential Action in the Civil Rights Domain from 1892 to 1968 / Ronald E. Brown -- 4. Presidential Leadership Style and Civil Rights Legislation: The Civil Rights Act of 1957 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 / James D. King and James W. Riddlesperger, Jr. -- 5. Affirmative Action and Business Deregulation: On the Reagan Administration's Failure to Revise Executive Order No. 11246 / Robert R. Detlefsen -- 6. A Transformed Triangle: Court, Congress, and Presidency in Civil Rights / Stephen L. Wasby -- 7. Presidential Decision-Making in Two Desegregation Crises: Little Rock Central High School and the University of Mississippi / Mark Stern.

8. John F. Kennedy and the Politics of Civil Rights / Donald W. Jackson and James W. Riddlesperger, Jr. -- 9. Decentralizing Fair Housing Enforcement During the Reagan Presidency / Charles M. Lamb and Jim Twombly -- 10. Modeling Presidential Influence in the Civil Rights Policymaking Process / Steven A. Shull and Dennis W. Gleiber.