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Lockheed, Atlanta, and the Struggle for Racial Integration

by Randall L. Patton

Lockheed airplanesPublic-private sector cooperationAffirmative action programsCivil rights movements, united statesHistoryCivil rights movementsLockheed-Georgia CompanyLockheed Aeronautical Systems Company. Georgia Division

"Lockheed, Atlanta, and the struggle for racial integration tells the story of business/government equal employment opportunity policies by examining Georgia's Lockheed Aircraft, 1950-1990 ... This book connects the local story of workplace desegregation to national narratives of civil rights reform; affirmative action; the role of government and public/private partnerships; and the business reaction to both state intervention in employment generally in the late 70s/1980s and to the emergence of black political power in the same time frame"--

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